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Makara

boy name
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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