MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kamalesh mean?
Kamaleśa contains Kamalā, a name of Lakshmi, followed by īśa, so its traditional referent is her consort Vishnu. The long ā of Kamalā is absorbed in the vowel junction.
Pronunciation
IAST: kamaleśa
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कमलेश
Letter-by-letter: kamaleśa
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kamalesh in Indian usage
924,630 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: 443,321 records (47.9%).
- Recorded as male: 481,309 records (52.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,918 |
| 1940s | 12,637 |
| 1950s | 54,161 |
| 1960s | 164,007 |
| 1970s | 238,681 |
| 1980s | 285,853 |
| 1990s | 166,874 |
| Other decades | 499 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 389,145 |
| Rajasthan | 129,922 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 128,829 |
| Haryana | 96,749 |
| Bihar | 89,935 |
| Punjab | 39,238 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 20,061 |
| Uttarakhand | 13,924 |
| Jharkhand | 13,541 |
| Chandigarh | 2,328 |
| Maharashtra | 407 |
| Assam | 334 |
| Other states | 217 |
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