MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kishori mean?
Kiśorī is the feminine counterpart of kiśora and is also used as a devotional address to Radha. The final ī is the feminine counterpart of Kishore.
Pronunciation
IAST: kiśorī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
किशोरी
Letter-by-letter: kiśorī
Conventional spelling
Gujarati
કિશોરી
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kishori in Indian usage
122,120 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: 40,684 records (33.3%).
- Recorded as male: 81,436 records (66.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 5,079 |
| 1940s | 14,110 |
| 1950s | 24,234 |
| 1960s | 32,444 |
| 1970s | 24,716 |
| 1980s | 14,338 |
| 1990s | 6,110 |
| Other decades | 1,089 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 39,880 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 33,460 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 16,158 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 6,039 |
| Jharkhand | 5,809 |
| Gujarat | 5,362 |
| Odisha | 4,508 |
| Rajasthan | 4,484 |
| Haryana | 2,594 |
| Punjab | 1,846 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,679 |
| Chandigarh | 171 |
| Other states | 130 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Kishori / F | 4 | 4,867 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Kishori; Table_6, C5409 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Kishori; Table_6, C5409
- Monier-Williams, kiśorī, p. 284,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.