MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dal mean?
Dal uses the Hindi noun ḍāl, a branch of a tree. The same whole-word sense is recorded in Sanskrit, making the name's image a growing offshoot.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
डाल
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dal in Indian usage
14,110 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 3,100 records (22%).
- Recorded as male: 11,010 records (78%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 355 |
| 1940s | 1,094 |
| 1950s | 1,804 |
| 1960s | 2,720 |
| 1970s | 3,141 |
| 1980s | 3,062 |
| 1990s | 1,822 |
| Other decades | 112 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Gujarat | 4,966 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,305 |
| Delhi | 1,479 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,279 |
| Haryana | 1,128 |
| Sikkim | 514 |
| Rajasthan | 408 |
| Bihar | 379 |
| Punjab | 328 |
| Assam | 295 |
| Uttarakhand | 205 |
| Jharkhand | 193 |
| Maharashtra | 193 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 110 |
| Other states | 328 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, ḍāla, p. 430,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.