MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kanak mean?
Kanak is the Sanskrit-derived word for gold. It is used in Hindi literary language and as a personal name, drawing on the value and brilliance of a precious metal.
Pronunciation
IAST: kanaka
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कनक
Letter-by-letter: kanaka
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kanak in Indian usage
17,855 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: 11,202 records (62.7%).
- Recorded as male: 6,653 records (37.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 342 |
| 1940s | 996 |
| 1950s | 1,926 |
| 1960s | 3,073 |
| 1970s | 3,866 |
| 1980s | 4,411 |
| 1990s | 3,087 |
| Other decades | 154 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,747 |
| Assam | 4,023 |
| Bihar | 3,078 |
| Jharkhand | 1,560 |
| Rajasthan | 1,109 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 879 |
| Tripura | 504 |
| Uttarakhand | 395 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 315 |
| Gujarat | 250 |
| Haryana | 188 |
| Delhi | 167 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 164 |
| Maharashtra | 112 |
| Other states | 364 |
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, kanaka, p. 248,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: कनक ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.