MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shyamala mean?
Shyamala is the feminine Sanskrit adjective for a dark hue. It is also a name of the goddess, especially in worship of her learned and musical form.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
श्यामला
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
ശ്യാമള
Conventional spelling
Telugu
శ్యామల
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shyamala in Indian usage
9,506 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 9,358 records (98.4%).
- Recorded as male: 148 records (1.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,348 |
| 1960s | 3,082 |
| 1970s | 2,337 |
| 1980s | 1,570 |
| 1990s | 931 |
| Other decades | 238 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 5,918 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3,212 |
| Puducherry | 269 |
| Other states | 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.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Shyamala ↗ (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, 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.