MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dayal mean?
Dayal is a northern form related to Sanskrit dayālu. The adjective is built on dayā, compassion, and is common in devotional descriptions of divine mercy.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दयाल
Conventional spelling
Bengali
দয়াল
899 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dayal in Indian usage
22,584 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (89.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,303 records (10.2%).
- Recorded as male: 20,281 records (89.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 743 |
| 1940s | 1,864 |
| 1950s | 3,164 |
| 1960s | 4,456 |
| 1970s | 4,785 |
| 1980s | 4,491 |
| 1990s | 2,819 |
| Other decades | 262 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 5,615 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,834 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,234 |
| Jharkhand | 1,975 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,706 |
| Haryana | 1,616 |
| Maharashtra | 1,461 |
| Assam | 837 |
| Bihar | 824 |
| Delhi | 822 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 587 |
| Tripura | 534 |
| Gujarat | 126 |
| Kerala | 124 |
| Other states | 289 |
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