MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kalyan mean?
Kalyan is the Sanskrit noun for well-being and prosperity. Telugu naming preserves the word, while Indian music also uses Kalyan as the name of a raga.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कल्याण
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
कल्यान
Letter-by-letter: kalyāna
17,451 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kalyan in Indian usage
6,326 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 196 records (3.1%).
- Recorded as male: 6,130 records (96.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 179 |
| 1970s | 531 |
| 1980s | 2,076 |
| 1990s | 3,337 |
| Other decades | 203 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 5,754 |
| Delhi | 241 |
| Other states | 331 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Kalyan / M | 4 | 4,275 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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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
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Kalyan; Table_6, C4691 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Kalyan; Table_6, C4691
- Monier-Williams, kalyāṇa, p. 263,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.