MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Khema mean?
Khema continues the Sanskrit kshema theme of wellbeing and security. The sound change from ksh to kh is familiar in North Indian vernacular forms.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
खेमा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Khema in Indian usage
11,433 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: 2,968 records (26%).
- Recorded as male: 8,465 records (74%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 655 |
| 1940s | 1,432 |
| 1950s | 2,190 |
| 1960s | 2,638 |
| 1970s | 2,032 |
| 1980s | 1,453 |
| 1990s | 865 |
| Other decades | 168 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 6,669 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,277 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,382 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 234 |
| Haryana | 221 |
| Jharkhand | 178 |
| Bihar | 137 |
| Maharashtra | 136 |
| Other states | 199 |
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, kṣema, p. 332,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.