MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kedar mean?
Kedāra denotes a field and occurs in Kedarnath, the Himalayan Shiva shrine, joining an ordinary noun with a devotional place association. Kedara is also associated with the Himalayan Shiva shrine at Kedarnath.
Pronunciation
IAST: kedāra
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
केदार
Letter-by-letter: kedāra
Conventional spelling
Odia
କେଦାର
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kedar in Indian usage
124,815 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (85.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 18,465 records (14.8%).
- Recorded as male: 106,350 records (85.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 4,240 |
| 1940s | 11,215 |
| 1950s | 19,017 |
| 1960s | 25,389 |
| 1970s | 24,582 |
| 1980s | 20,475 |
| 1990s | 18,957 |
| Other decades | 940 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 29,934 |
| Bihar | 24,978 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 20,045 |
| Odisha | 13,128 |
| Rajasthan | 10,749 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 10,007 |
| Jharkhand | 9,694 |
| Uttarakhand | 3,147 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 810 |
| Haryana | 744 |
| Punjab | 318 |
| Goa | 251 |
| Gujarat | 229 |
| Delhi | 223 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 120 |
| Assam | 117 |
| Other states | 321 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Kedar / M | 3 | 5,137 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Kedar; Table_6, C5878 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Kedar; Table_6, C5878
- Wiktionary: केदार ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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