MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kana mean?
Sanskrit kanā is an old word for a girl or maiden. In northern vernacular naming, Kana can also be an affectionate form of Kanha, Krishna, whose childhood stories are central to Braj devotional poetry.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कना
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kana in Indian usage
5,141 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: 2,501 records (48.6%).
- Recorded as male: 2,640 records (51.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 445 |
| 1950s | 770 |
| 1960s | 1,073 |
| 1970s | 1,063 |
| 1980s | 956 |
| 1990s | 593 |
| Other decades | 241 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 2,107 |
| Odisha | 1,079 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 921 |
| Bihar | 260 |
| Tripura | 218 |
| Jharkhand | 111 |
| Other states | 445 |
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, kanā, p. 248,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: कान्हा ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.