Kamala
The name means "lotus". In Poland it barely registers: about 70 women carry it and no girls have been given it in years, so meeting one would stay with you.
Kamala Pronunciation
Kamala is pronounced kah-MAH-lah (/kaˈmala/).
What Kamala means
Where Kamala comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kamala begins in Sanskrit. The word kamala means lotus, the water flower that opens above still ponds. This sense is literal.
In Hindu tradition kamala is also a name of Lakshmi, goddess of fortune, who appears seated on a lotus. Documented bearers carry it into the modern record. The Indian poet Kamala Das, born in 1934, published in English and Malayalam under this name. Kamala Harris, born in 1964 and later Vice President of the United States, bears the same word.
On a Polish class register Kamala looks rare. It has no Polish name-day and no established Polish diminutive. A teacher reads it once and keeps it.
What remains is the flower: kamala, the lotus, kwiat lotosu.
How many people are named Kamala
1 in 322055 women in Poland is named Kamala. 70 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4303 among female names.
Kamala as a middle name
Kamala is a first name for 70 women in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 93/7 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3677th, between Kalliopi (5) and Kandyda (5).
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#3675 Kalista5
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#3676 Kalliopi5
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#3677 Kamala5
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#3678 Kandyda5
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#3679 Karmelia5