MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kantu mean?
Kantu is a familiar formation on Kant, from Sanskrit kānta, “beloved” or “pleasing”. The ending u gives the adjective an affectionate personal-name form.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कान्तु
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kantu in Indian usage
551 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling कान्तु.
Mostly recorded for boys (80.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 107 records (19.4%).
- Recorded as male: 444 records (80.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 275 |
| Other decades | 276 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 551 |
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.