Kamala (name)

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

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 (1935-2024), 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 (died 2024), 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 (1968-2024), 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