MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dalavir mean?
Dalavir joins dal, a group or army, and vīr, hero. The compound belongs to the martial vocabulary of Punjabi and north Indian names, presenting the warrior as part of a larger force.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दलवीर
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਦਲਵੀਰ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dalavir in Indian usage
29,657 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (84.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 4,702 records (15.9%).
- Recorded as male: 24,955 records (84.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,216 |
| 1950s | 2,817 |
| 1960s | 6,035 |
| 1970s | 7,077 |
| 1980s | 7,409 |
| 1990s | 4,698 |
| Other decades | 405 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 10,523 |
| Punjab | 9,428 |
| Haryana | 3,394 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,225 |
| Rajasthan | 1,781 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,731 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 338 |
| Jharkhand | 133 |
| Other states | 104 |
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, vīra, p. 1005,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.