At the heart of this TikTok trend is Vice President Kamala Harris. The phrase “Lotus will be POTUS” is a clever wordplay tied to her name. In Sanskrit, “Kamala” translates to “lotus.” ...

Her parents chose to name her Kamala, which comes from ancient India and traces its etymology back to Sanskrit. The name is derived from the word "kamalan," which means lotus flower. In Hinduism ...

(Kamala means lotus in Sanskrit.) Photos by Ricky Carioti, John McDonnell, Joshua Lott, Melina Mara, Jabin Botsford, and Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post, Rebecca S. Gratz for The Washington ...

Gopalan's Indian heritage obviously influenced her daughter's name. Her first name, Kamala, means lotus flower, as Harris explained in her 2019 autobiography, "The Truths We Hold." And her middle ...

Born in 1967, Maya Lakshmi Harris is a lawyer and writer. 4.The name Kamala means lotus, and it's also another name for Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of prosperity and beauty. 5. Her parents divorced ...