MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kalandi mean?
Kalandi reflects Kalindi, the Sanskrit name of the river Yamuna. In Puranic narrative, Kalindi is a daughter of the sun god. She is also counted among Krishna’s wives.
Pronunciation
IAST: kālindī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कालिन्दी
Letter-by-letter: kālindī
Conventional spelling
Odia
କାଳନ୍ଦୀ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kalandi in Indian usage
7,321 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,662 records (22.7%).
- Recorded as male: 5,659 records (77.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 216 |
| 1950s | 483 |
| 1960s | 802 |
| 1970s | 1,583 |
| 1980s | 2,599 |
| 1990s | 1,442 |
| Other decades | 196 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 7,191 |
| Other states | 130 |
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
- Monier-Williams, kālindī, p. 279,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.