MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kamal mean?
Hindi Kamal continues Sanskrit kamala, the lotus noun. The feminine Kamala also names Lakshmi, whose traditional imagery includes a lotus.
Pronunciation
IAST: kamala
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कमल
Letter-by-letter: kamala
Conventional spelling
Arabic
كمال
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kamal in Indian usage
357,084 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (91.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 30,385 records (8.5%).
- Recorded as male: 326,699 records (91.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 750 |
| 1930s | 3,122 |
| 1940s | 10,805 |
| 1950s | 25,702 |
| 1960s | 52,372 |
| 1970s | 78,565 |
| 1980s | 105,233 |
| 1990s | 80,384 |
| Other decades | 151 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 83,651 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 81,777 |
| Rajasthan | 42,099 |
| Bihar | 37,827 |
| Haryana | 22,355 |
| Punjab | 15,666 |
| Jharkhand | 15,171 |
| Uttarakhand | 14,719 |
| Assam | 11,972 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 11,459 |
| Delhi | 5,292 |
| Tripura | 4,081 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3,515 |
| Maharashtra | 2,027 |
| Chandigarh | 1,181 |
| Kerala | 915 |
| Goa | 740 |
| Sikkim | 644 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 404 |
| Meghalaya | 378 |
| Manipur | 312 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 260 |
| Nagaland | 135 |
| Puducherry | 115 |
| Gujarat | 111 |
| Odisha | 103 |
| Other states | 175 |
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 | Kamal / M | 16 | 1,613 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Documented namesakes
Ahmad Kamal Abdullah
Malaysian writer (1941–2021)
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Kamal ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- 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 Kamal; Table_6, C1666 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Kamal; Table_6, C1666
- Monier-Williams, kamala, p. 252,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Kamal ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wiktionary: كمال ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.