SAN FRANCISCO -- Unless you've been living under a rock, every American knows Kamala Harris' name by now -- but do they know what her name means? Or even how to say it? Harris' first name is rooted in ...

Ever since Vice President Kamala Harris became a presence on the national scene, her name – a common one for women in India – has attracted a lot of attention, most specifically for its pronunciation.

Harris is vice president and has explained how to say Kamala, but many still get it wrong. Kamala, pronounced “Comma-la,” means “lotus” in Sanskrit. Vice President Kamala Harris could become the most ...

Indian American voters supporting Kamala Harris’ presidential ticket have a new rallying cry: LOTUS for POTUS. It stems from a translation of the vice president’s first name. “Kamala” in the classical ...

Vice President Kamala Harris has simple guide for pronouncing her first name. For years she’s told people to say it like the punctuation mark “comma” with a “la” added to the end. This week at the ...