MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Keshar mean?
Keshar reflects the vernacular kesar word associated with saffron. Sanskrit keśara also denotes a flower's filament or an animal's mane, so the plant and hair senses share a historical word family.
Pronunciation
IAST: keśara
Meaning themes
plants
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
केशर
Letter-by-letter: keśara
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Keshar in Indian usage
59,252 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling केशर.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 45,684 records (77.1%).
- Recorded as male: 13,568 records (22.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 4,331 |
| 1940s | 8,635 |
| 1950s | 10,927 |
| 1960s | 11,833 |
| 1970s | 9,609 |
| 1980s | 7,920 |
| 1990s | 4,953 |
| Other decades | 1,044 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 26,809 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 18,573 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,280 |
| Uttarakhand | 3,201 |
| Bihar | 1,877 |
| Haryana | 1,603 |
| Other states | 909 |
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