Given name
Alok
“light, radiance”
Alok is a masculine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “light, radiance.”
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alok through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 212
- 212 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,464 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alok’s family of names
In English usage, Alok has a related form in ALOKA. In English usage, Alok has a related form in ALOKA. In English usage, Alok has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Алок.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alok has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alok
- Alok NathIndian actorborn 1950
- Alok SharmaBritish politician (born 1967)
- AlokBrazilian DJ and record producerborn 1991
- Alok Kapalicricketerborn 1984
- Alok AgarwalIndian activistborn 1967
- Alok Vermaformer CBI Directorborn 1957
- Alok Vaid-MenonAmerican performance artist, and LGBTQ rights activistborn 1991
- Alok Kumar MehtaIndian politicianborn 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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