MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kevala mean?
Kevala is a feminine form of the Sanskrit adjective kevala. Its senses include pure, unmixed, whole and absolute, with a philosophical use for what stands by itself.
Meaning themes
puritywholeness
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
केवला
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kevala in Indian usage
18,890 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (88.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 16,693 records (88.4%).
- Recorded as male: 2,197 records (11.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,142 |
| 1940s | 3,198 |
| 1950s | 4,693 |
| 1960s | 5,033 |
| 1970s | 2,856 |
| 1980s | 1,455 |
| 1990s | 327 |
| Other decades | 186 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 14,152 |
| Bihar | 2,876 |
| Rajasthan | 891 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 312 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 236 |
| Uttarakhand | 215 |
| Jharkhand | 102 |
| Other states | 106 |
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, kevala, p. 310,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.