MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kasi mean?
Kasi names Kashi, the sacred city also called Varanasi. The city's name is connected with shining, and its major temple is dedicated to Shiva as Vishwanath.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
काशी
Conventional spelling
Telugu
కాశి
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
कासी
Letter-by-letter: kāsī
1,095 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kasi in Indian usage
5,366 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: 1,887 records (35.2%).
- Recorded as male: 3,479 records (64.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 480 |
| 1960s | 646 |
| 1970s | 914 |
| 1980s | 1,560 |
| 1990s | 1,522 |
| Other decades | 244 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 4,754 |
| Odisha | 233 |
| Kerala | 201 |
| Other states | 178 |
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