MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Laksh mean?
Sanskrit laksha denotes a mark to aim at or an objective. The Odia name Laksh preserves this image of a target, even though the word also has the numerical sense of one hundred thousand.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
लक्ष
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଲକ୍ଷ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Laksh in Indian usage
2,269 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (92.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,100 records (92.6%).
- Recorded as male: 169 records (7.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 214 |
| 1960s | 415 |
| 1970s | 551 |
| 1980s | 570 |
| 1990s | 379 |
| Other decades | 140 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 2,148 |
| Other states | 121 |
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 | Laksh / M | 12 | 2,014 |
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 Laksh; Table_6, C2085 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Laksh; Table_6, C2085
- Monier-Williams, lakṣa, p. 891,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.