MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kumud mean?
Kumud names the white water-lily in Sanskrit poetry. Its night-blooming association makes it a familiar companion to moon imagery in descriptions of lakes. Kumuda is also the name of a monkey ally of Rama in epic narrative.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कुमुद
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kumud in Indian usage
16,167 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: 10,001 records (61.9%).
- Recorded as male: 6,166 records (38.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 775 |
| 1950s | 1,773 |
| 1960s | 3,372 |
| 1970s | 4,293 |
| 1980s | 4,035 |
| 1990s | 1,621 |
| Other decades | 298 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 4,709 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,659 |
| Assam | 2,202 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,323 |
| Jharkhand | 1,300 |
| Rajasthan | 534 |
| Tripura | 416 |
| Uttarakhand | 387 |
| Haryana | 283 |
| Other states | 354 |
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, kumuda, p. 292,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.