MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Karthika mean?
Karthika is a southern feminine name connected with Krittika, the Pleiades star cluster. The related month name Kartika belongs to the same Sanskrit naming group. In mythology the Krittikas are the foster mothers of Kartikeya.
Meaning themes
sky
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कार्तिका
Conventional spelling
Tamil
கார்த்திகா
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
കാർത്തിക
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Karthika in Indian usage
6,750 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 6,617 records (98%).
- Recorded as male: 133 records (2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 265 |
| 1960s | 369 |
| 1970s | 460 |
| 1980s | 1,676 |
| 1990s | 3,801 |
| Other decades | 179 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 6,096 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 336 |
| Other states | 318 |
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
- Behind the Name: Karthika ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Behind the Name: Kartik ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Monier-Williams, kārttika, p. 275,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, kṛttikā, p. 304,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.