MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sukesh mean?
Sukesh is a Sanskrit compound of su, good or beautiful, and kesha, hair. Sukesha also appears as a Rakshasa ancestor in the Ramayana. He is the father of Mali and Malyavan in the epic genealogy.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुकेश
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sukesh in Indian usage
11,519 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (92%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 924 records (8%).
- Recorded as male: 10,595 records (92%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 660 |
| 1970s | 1,851 |
| 1980s | 4,534 |
| 1990s | 4,096 |
| Other decades | 378 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 4,548 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,548 |
| Kerala | 1,381 |
| Jharkhand | 649 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 647 |
| Tripura | 580 |
| Haryana | 456 |
| Delhi | 364 |
| Rajasthan | 340 |
| Assam | 275 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 187 |
| Uttarakhand | 156 |
| Punjab | 143 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 117 |
| Other states | 128 |
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
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, sukeśa, p. 1220,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, mālin, p. 813,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, mālyavat, p. 814,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.