https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2021/11/02/how-kamala-became-a-deity-by-name-494948
"It's very obvious the moment somebody says 'Iyer,' you know he or she is Brahmin and Brahmin is one of the highest castes in the caste hierarchy in India," he said. Devi, by contrast, is a much more commonly used name that is also a powerful female deity. "My sense is her parents dropped Iyer to avoid any caste connotation," he said."
