Makara
Origin
Khmer
Syllables
3
Peak era
1980s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
the makara, the sea dragon of Hindu-Buddhist myth, and the Khmer word for January; one Khmer custom names a child for the birth month, so Makara doubles as a calendar name the way Tola (October) and Seyha (August) do
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1980s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Makara peaked in the 1980s.
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