MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dala mean?
Sanskrit dala denotes a petal or leaf, as well as a piece or portion of something. The Rajasthani personal name Dala gives this short noun a regional masculine ending.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दला
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dala in Indian usage
5,155 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (89.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 519 records (10.1%).
- Recorded as male: 4,636 records (89.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 705 |
| 1950s | 1,048 |
| 1960s | 1,232 |
| 1970s | 818 |
| 1980s | 623 |
| 1990s | 326 |
| Other decades | 403 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 4,341 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 450 |
| Other states | 364 |
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, dala, p. 471,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.