MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kesari mean?
Kesari comes from the Sanskrit word for a maned animal, especially a lion. In the Ramayana traditions, Kesari is the father of Hanuman.
Pronunciation
IAST: kesarī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
केसरी
Letter-by-letter: kesarī
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kesari in Indian usage
1,338 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: 965 records (72.1%).
- Recorded as male: 373 records (27.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 149 |
| 1950s | 258 |
| 1960s | 340 |
| 1970s | 264 |
| 1980s | 187 |
| Other decades | 140 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 863 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 158 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 121 |
| Other states | 196 |
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, keśarin, p. 311,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.