Kamala (name)

Kamala is a first name and last name. It means lotus in Sanskrit. Notable people and characters with the name include:

People

First name

• Kamala Bahuguna (1923–2001), Indian politician
• Kamala Balakrishnan (1930–2018), Indian immunologist
• Kamala Bhattacharya (1945–1961), Indian martyr
• Kamala Bose (1947–2012), Indian classical vocalist
• Kamala Chakravarty (born 1928), Indian classical musician and dancer
• Kamala Chandrakirana, Indonesian women's rights activist
• Kamala Devi (actress) (1933–2010), Indian actress
• Kamala Devi (footballer) (born 1992), Indian footballer
• Kamala-Jean Gopie, Jamaican-born Canadian political activist
• Kamala Hampana (born 1935), Indian writer
• Kamala Harris (born 1964), current vice president of the United States since 2021
• Kamala Hayman, New Zealand newspaper journalist
• Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq, Sudanese artist
• Kamala Kanta Kalita, Indian politician
• Kamala Kamesh (born 1952), Indian actress
• Kamala Kumari Karredula, Indian politician
• Kamala Krishnaswamy, Indian nutritionist
• Kamala Kotnis, Indian actress
• Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir, American diplomat, ambassador to Malaysia
• Kamala Laxman (died 2015), Indian author of children's books
• Kamala Lopez, American filmmaker
• Kamala Markandaya (1924–2004), Indian novelist and journalist
• Kamala Nehru (1899–1936), wife of Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru
• Kamala Nimbkar (1900–1979), American-born occupational therapist in India
• Kamala Parks, American drummer, songwriter
• Kamala Pujari, organic agriculture promoter from Orisha
• Kamala Ranathunga (born 1937), Sri Lankan politician
• Kamala Rani Balakrishnan, Singaporean criminal
• Kamala Roka, Nepali politician
• Kamala Saikhom, Indian actress
• Kamala Sankaran, Indian academic administrator
• Kamala Sankrityayan (1920–2009), Indian writer
• Kamala Selvaraj, Indian obstetrician and gynecologist
• Kamala Shankar, Indian slide guitar player
• Kamala Sinha (1932–2014), Indian politician
• Kamala Sohonie (1912-1998), Indian biochemist
• Kamala Surayya (1934–2009), Indian short story writer and autobiographer
• Kamala Todd, Canadian filmmaker

Surname

• Diodorus Kamala (born 1968), Tanzanian politician
• Kumari Kamala (born 1934), Indian classical dancer

Stage name

• Kamala (wrestler) (James Arthur Harris, 1950–2020), American professional wrestler

Fictional characters

• Kamala Khan, Marvel Comics superheroine
• Kamala, a character in Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
• Kamala, a character in "The Perfect Mate", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Kamala, a main character in the Netflix coming of age comedy-drama series Never Have I Ever

See also

• Kamela § People with the surname Kamela
• Komala § People with the name Komala
• Kamla (name), given name and surname