Kanaka is an Indian given name. The Sanskrit word kanaka has the primary meaning "gold". Notable persons with the name include:
- Kanaka (actress) (born 1973), South Indian film actress
- Kanaka Dasa (1509 – 1609), Kannada-language poet, philosopher, musician and composer
- Kanaka Ha Ma (born 1964), Kannada-language writer
- Kanaka Herath, Shri Lankan politician
- Kanaka Srinivasan, Indian classical dancer
- T. S. Kanaka (born 1932), Indian neurosurgeon
References
- Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 685239912.
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