MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kam mean?
Kam preserves Sanskrit kama, desire or love. In Sanskrit narratives, Kama is also the god of love, often represented with a flower bow.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
କାମ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
काम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kam in Indian usage
1,242 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: 398 records (32%).
- Recorded as male: 844 records (68%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 206 |
| 1960s | 292 |
| 1970s | 285 |
| 1980s | 232 |
| 1990s | 104 |
| Other decades | 123 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 1,242 |
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, kāma, p. 271,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.