Kamala

Where Kamala comes from

Transliteration of Sanskrit कमला (kamalā). Doublet of Kamal.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kamala
  • Sanskrit
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1955
    First appearance
    #5,208 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Peak, #1,060
    105 babies named Kamala — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,568.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Sanskrit, masculine equivalent Kamal.
  • A female given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew], variant of Tamara.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.