Alok

Where Alok comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit आलोक (āloka, “light, radiance”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Alok
  • Sanskrit
Along the way
  1. 1968
    First appearance
    #3,673 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Peak, #3,018
    14 babies named Alok — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,940.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

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