MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Samala mean?
Samala is a northern vernacular form related to Shyamala, the Sanskrit adjective for a dark hue. Shyamala is also a goddess name used for the divine mother in devotional literature.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
समला
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Samala in Indian usage
3,211 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling समला.
Mostly recorded for girls (96%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,083 records (96%).
- Recorded as male: 128 records (4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 114 |
| 1950s | 383 |
| 1960s | 951 |
| 1970s | 918 |
| 1980s | 612 |
| 1990s | 233 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,930 |
| Jharkhand | 628 |
| Rajasthan | 430 |
| Bihar | 116 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 107 |
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, śyāmala, p. 1094,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, śyāmalā, p. 1094,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.