MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Umakant mean?
Umakant is the Sanskrit name of Shiva as Uma's beloved. Kānta means a loved one or husband, so the compound preserves the relationship between Shiva and Parvati under her name Uma.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
उमाकान्त
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
उमाकांत
Letter-by-letter: umākāṃta
9,420 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Umakant in Indian usage
27,715 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 287 records (1%).
- Recorded as male: 27,428 records (99%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 382 |
| 1940s | 1,238 |
| 1950s | 2,708 |
| 1960s | 5,049 |
| 1970s | 6,345 |
| 1980s | 7,113 |
| 1990s | 4,762 |
| Other decades | 118 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 13,778 |
| Bihar | 7,637 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,877 |
| Jharkhand | 1,687 |
| Rajasthan | 585 |
| Assam | 407 |
| Maharashtra | 191 |
| Uttarakhand | 166 |
| Tripura | 152 |
| Other states | 235 |
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, umākānta, p. 217,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, kānta, p. 270,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.