MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kesu mean?
Kesu is an affectionate regional form of Keshav. Keshava is a name of Vishnu or Krishna, giving this short form its devotional reference.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
केसू
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
केसु
Letter-by-letter: kesu
1,429 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kesu in Indian usage
5,649 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: 1,781 records (31.5%).
- Recorded as male: 3,868 records (68.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 441 |
| 1950s | 842 |
| 1960s | 1,064 |
| 1970s | 1,018 |
| 1980s | 1,144 |
| 1990s | 913 |
| Other decades | 227 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 3,852 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 656 |
| Jharkhand | 359 |
| Karnataka | 246 |
| Bihar | 143 |
| Haryana | 117 |
| 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.