MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dayali mean?
Dayali is built on dayā, compassion, through the regional Dayal group of names. Dayal itself continues Sanskrit dayālu, the adjective for being compassionate.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दयाली
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dayali in Indian usage
2,893 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: 995 records (34.4%).
- Recorded as male: 1,898 records (65.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 335 |
| 1950s | 493 |
| 1960s | 698 |
| 1970s | 539 |
| 1980s | 416 |
| 1990s | 234 |
| Other decades | 178 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,219 |
| Rajasthan | 543 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 433 |
| Bihar | 304 |
| Jharkhand | 121 |
| Haryana | 113 |
| Other states | 160 |
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, dayā, p. 469,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.