MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kesh mean?
Kesh is the Sanskrit and Hindi noun for hair on the head. It is also a recognized element in devotional names that refer to flowing or distinctive locks.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
केश
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kesh in Indian usage
13,986 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: 9,751 records (69.7%).
- Recorded as male: 4,235 records (30.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 502 |
| 1950s | 1,282 |
| 1960s | 2,787 |
| 1970s | 3,935 |
| 1980s | 3,547 |
| 1990s | 1,761 |
| Other decades | 172 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,692 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,257 |
| Bihar | 586 |
| Haryana | 293 |
| Jharkhand | 268 |
| Punjab | 184 |
| Rajasthan | 182 |
| Assam | 160 |
| Other states | 364 |
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, keśa, p. 310,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.