MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kanaka mean?
Kanaka is a Sanskrit gold noun familiar in southern Indian names. The Sanskrit gold word can also describe the precious metal used for ornaments.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Malayalam
കനക
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
कनक
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kanaka in Indian usage
58,045 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (89.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 52,098 records (89.8%).
- Recorded as male: 5,947 records (10.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 876 |
| 1940s | 2,347 |
| 1950s | 5,685 |
| 1960s | 19,437 |
| 1970s | 10,836 |
| 1980s | 11,776 |
| 1990s | 6,891 |
| Other decades | 197 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 34,187 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 20,579 |
| Kerala | 1,513 |
| Rajasthan | 1,242 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 135 |
| Other states | 389 |
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)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.