MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Keli mean?
Kelī is a Sanskrit feminine noun for play or amusement. Literary compounds use it for playful activity, making the name part of an older vocabulary of pleasure.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
केली
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Keli in Indian usage
15,197 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 14,997 records (98.7%).
- Recorded as male: 200 records (1.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 917 |
| 1940s | 1,736 |
| 1950s | 2,575 |
| 1960s | 3,454 |
| 1970s | 2,336 |
| 1980s | 2,278 |
| 1990s | 1,663 |
| Other decades | 238 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 11,503 |
| Bihar | 1,311 |
| Odisha | 908 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 718 |
| Jharkhand | 370 |
| Maharashtra | 107 |
| Other states | 280 |
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, kelī, p. 309,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.