MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dial mean?
Dial is the Punjabi name Dayal, built on daya, compassion. It is used independently and in devotional compounds such as Hardayal, where mercy is attributed to the divine.
Meaning themes
mercy
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਦਿਆਲ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
दयाल
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dial in Indian usage
6,519 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (80.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,299 records (19.9%).
- Recorded as male: 5,220 records (80.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 231 |
| 1930s | 935 |
| 1940s | 1,724 |
| 1950s | 1,361 |
| 1960s | 1,109 |
| 1970s | 651 |
| 1980s | 369 |
| Other decades | 139 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 6,519 |
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