MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kamakshi mean?
Kamakshi combines kāma, love or desire, with akṣi, eye. The whole name identifies a form of Durga or Parvati worshipped especially at Kanchipuram. The Kanchipuram temple treats her as its principal goddess.
Pronunciation
IAST: kāmākṣī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कामाक्षी
Letter-by-letter: kāmākṣī
Conventional spelling
Telugu
కామాక్షి
Conventional spelling
Tamil
காமாட்சி
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kamakshi in Indian usage
5,399 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 5,271 records (97.6%).
- Recorded as male: 128 records (2.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 213 |
| 1950s | 365 |
| 1960s | 608 |
| 1970s | 1,106 |
| 1980s | 1,919 |
| 1990s | 1,079 |
| Other decades | 109 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 4,620 |
| Kerala | 625 |
| Other states | 154 |
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, kāmākṣī, p. 272,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Kamakshi ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: काम ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: अक्षि ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: कामाक्षी ↗ (opens in a new tab)
origin
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.