MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kumar mean?
Kumāra can denote a youth or prince and also names Skanda; in modern names it often functions as an additional element. Kumara is also a traditional name of Skanda or Murugan.
Pronunciation
IAST: kumāra
Meaning themes
youth
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कुमार
Letter-by-letter: kumāra
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਕੁਮਾਰ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kumar in Indian usage
193,897 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (89.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 20,380 records (10.5%).
- Recorded as male: 173,517 records (89.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 828 |
| 1940s | 2,548 |
| 1950s | 6,259 |
| 1960s | 15,591 |
| 1970s | 42,796 |
| 1980s | 62,858 |
| 1990s | 62,654 |
| Other decades | 363 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 64,771 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 41,610 |
| Maharashtra | 19,629 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 15,033 |
| Haryana | 12,274 |
| Odisha | 10,428 |
| Jharkhand | 10,240 |
| Kerala | 4,202 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,682 |
| Puducherry | 2,311 |
| Rajasthan | 1,808 |
| Gujarat | 1,539 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,254 |
| Delhi | 1,193 |
| Punjab | 879 |
| Sikkim | 835 |
| Manipur | 553 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 399 |
| Meghalaya | 377 |
| Chandigarh | 351 |
| Tripura | 325 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 282 |
| Assam | 239 |
| Goa | 209 |
| Nagaland | 206 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 110 |
| Other states | 158 |
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.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Kumar ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, kumāra, p. 292,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Kumar ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Behind the Name: Kumara ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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