MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Keshab mean?
Keshab continues the Sanskrit epithet Keshava in eastern Indian usage. Keshava names Vishnu or Krishna and also carries the literal sense of having abundant or beautiful hair. Krishna is addressed as Keshava in the Bhagavad Gita.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Bengali
কেশব
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
केशब
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Keshab in Indian usage
5,678 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 301 |
| 1950s | 590 |
| 1960s | 1,034 |
| 1970s | 1,328 |
| 1980s | 1,326 |
| 1990s | 918 |
| Other decades | 181 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Assam | 2,775 |
| Tripura | 1,639 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 382 |
| Bihar | 285 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 198 |
| Jharkhand | 123 |
| Other states | 276 |
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, keśava, p. 310,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.