MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Keshu mean?
Keshu is an affectionate short form of Keshav. Keshava is a well-established sacred name of Vishnu or Krishna. Its Sanskrit adjective carries the image of beautiful or abundant hair.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
केशू
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
केशु
Letter-by-letter: keśu
2,475 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Keshu in Indian usage
2,475 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling केशु.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 806 records (32.6%).
- Recorded as male: 1,669 records (67.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 328 |
| 1960s | 464 |
| 1970s | 418 |
| 1980s | 563 |
| 1990s | 479 |
| Other decades | 223 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 2,287 |
| Other states | 188 |
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.