MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Devkali mean?
Devkali brings together dev, deity or divine, with kalī, a flower bud. The Hindi compound combines sacred vocabulary with the image of a flower before it opens.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
देवकली
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Devkali in Indian usage
19,083 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 18,688 records (97.9%).
- Recorded as male: 395 records (2.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,068 |
| 1940s | 2,401 |
| 1950s | 3,619 |
| 1960s | 4,913 |
| 1970s | 3,768 |
| 1980s | 2,055 |
| 1990s | 991 |
| Other decades | 268 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 8,502 |
| Bihar | 5,116 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,013 |
| Jharkhand | 295 |
| Other states | 157 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001