MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kartikey mean?
Kartikeya is the son of Shiva and Parvati, also called Skanda and Subrahmanya. His name recalls the Krittikas who fostered him. He is depicted as the commander of the divine army.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कार्तिकेय
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kartikey in Indian usage
1,960 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling कार्तिकेय.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,558 |
| Other decades | 402 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,443 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 230 |
| Other states | 287 |
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, kārttikeya, p. 275,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.