MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kant mean?
Kant draws on Sanskrit kanta, desired, beloved or beautiful. The word is often used in compounds for someone dear, and can also denote a lover or husband.
Pronunciation
IAST: kānta
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कान्त
Letter-by-letter: kānta
Conventional spelling
Odia
କାନ୍ତ
Conventional spelling
Odia
କଣ୍ଟ
1,553 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kant in Indian usage
3,738 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: 1,636 records (43.8%).
- Recorded as male: 2,102 records (56.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 394 |
| 1960s | 703 |
| 1970s | 945 |
| 1980s | 948 |
| 1990s | 482 |
| Other decades | 266 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 1,655 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,424 |
| Goa | 285 |
| Delhi | 124 |
| Other states | 250 |
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, kānta, p. 270,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.