MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kul mean?
Kul continues Sanskrit kula, a word for a family or household. It is also a productive first element in Indian names concerned with family continuity, such as Kuldeep, lamp of the family.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कुल
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kul in Indian usage
6,986 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: 1,608 records (23%).
- Recorded as male: 5,378 records (77%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 444 |
| 1950s | 821 |
| 1960s | 1,252 |
| 1970s | 1,589 |
| 1980s | 1,738 |
| 1990s | 893 |
| Other decades | 249 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,825 |
| Bihar | 924 |
| Maharashtra | 900 |
| Haryana | 739 |
| Assam | 456 |
| Sikkim | 404 |
| Jharkhand | 363 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 298 |
| Punjab | 203 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 179 |
| Uttarakhand | 175 |
| Rajasthan | 174 |
| Other states | 346 |
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, kula, p. 294,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.