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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Kumkum

Kumkum, the red ceremonial powder

Kumkum means “Kumkum, the red ceremonial powder”.

Origin language
Hindi / Sanskrit
First letter
K
Historical records
38,982

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Kumkum mean?

Kumkum names the red powder used in worship and forehead marks. Its naming imagery concerns colour and ceremonial adornment.

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

कुमकुम

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Kumkum in Indian usage

38,982 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for girls (98.5%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 38,388 records (98.5%).
  • Recorded as male: 594 records (1.5%).

By birth decade

Kumkum: records by birth decade1950s: 1,4211950s1960s: 5,1931960s1970s: 9,9391970s1980s: 12,7711980s1990s: 9,3401990sOther decades: 318Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1950s1,421
1960s5,193
1970s9,939
1980s12,771
1990s9,340
Other decades318

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Bihar17,831
Uttar Pradesh15,959
Jharkhand2,250
Madhya Pradesh1,035
Rajasthan931
Haryana330
Uttarakhand315
Assam135
Other states196
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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Girl namesHindi originSanskrit origin

Sources

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. Wiktionary: कुमकुम ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.