Kedar
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Kedar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Derived from a Hebrew root meaning 'dark', 'swarthy', or 'black', likely referring to the color of the black goat-hair tents used by nomadic tribes.
- USUnited States1 in 314K(measured from records)
- NPNepal≈1 in 2.8K
- GYGuyana1 in 33K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nepal (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 218 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Derived from a Hebrew root meaning 'dark', 'swarthy', or 'black', likely referring to the color of the black goat-hair tents used by nomadic tribes.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kedar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP Nepal | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | 4 | Kedar | 53 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 201K | — | Kedar | 8 |
| US United States | 1,058 | 1 in 314K | 1K | Kedar | 218 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 144K | — | Kedar | 11 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 421K | listed | Kedar | 51 |
| AU Australia | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 187K | 1 | Kedar | 48 |
| GY Guyana | 23 | 1 in 33K | 23 | Kedar | 1 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 127K | — | Kedar | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kedar is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
A rare biblical name meaning 'dark' or 'powerful'.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Represents the nomadic Arab peoples in biblical typology; in Islamic tradition, he is often cited as a direct ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Hebrew; dark, swarthy
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
name for the god Shiva; mountain lord
as a nameA Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kedar Pandeyb. 1913INIndian politician
- Kedarman Byathitb. 1914NPnot in their usual nameNepali poet of Nepali and Newari languages
- Kedar Ghimireb. 1975NPNepalese comedian and actor
- Kedar Joshib. 1979INIndian astrologer, philosopher, and author of multiple noted aphorisms and tracts (born 1979)
- Kedar Joshib. 1985INIndian producer
- Kedar Williams-Stirlingb. 1994GBEnglish actor
- Kedar Singh Rawatb. 2000INIndian politician
- Kedar Nandan ChaudharyNPMember of Parliament of Nepal
- Kedar Prasad SanjelNPMember of Parliament of Nepal
- Kedar Nath RaiINIndian politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 137 | #129,703 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 102 | #158,432 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 100 | #150,436 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kedar mean, and where does it come from?
- Derived from a Hebrew root meaning 'dark', 'swarthy', or 'black', likely referring to the color of the black goat-hair tents used by nomadic tribes. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Kedar a male or female name?
- Kedar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Kedar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Kedar in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kedar.
- How common is the name Kedar?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,058 people named Kedar in 2020, about 1 in 314 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kedar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.