MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kalu mean?
Hindi kālā, dark, supplies the base of the familiar name Kalu. Its long ū ending is an affectionate formation also found in other Hindi call names.
Pronunciation
IAST: kālū
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कालू
Letter-by-letter: kālū
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
कालु
Letter-by-letter: kālu
34,605 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kalu in Indian usage
150,329 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (88.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 17,359 records (11.5%).
- Recorded as male: 132,970 records (88.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 3,629 |
| 1940s | 9,788 |
| 1950s | 19,495 |
| 1960s | 31,129 |
| 1970s | 30,829 |
| 1980s | 32,075 |
| 1990s | 22,512 |
| Other decades | 872 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 70,903 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 35,076 |
| Bihar | 11,093 |
| Odisha | 7,398 |
| Jharkhand | 6,951 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,176 |
| Haryana | 4,996 |
| Punjab | 2,965 |
| Maharashtra | 1,707 |
| Assam | 935 |
| Uttarakhand | 747 |
| Gujarat | 512 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 485 |
| Tripura | 182 |
| Other states | 203 |
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