MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Harpal mean?
Harpal pairs har, a divine name element, and pāl, protector. The protective ending also occurs in Satpal, where it follows the truth word.
Pronunciation
IAST: harapāla
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हरपाल
Letter-by-letter: harapāla
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਹਰਪਾਲ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Harpal in Indian usage
80,738 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: 16,118 records (20%).
- Recorded as male: 64,620 records (80%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,479 |
| 1940s | 5,752 |
| 1950s | 11,158 |
| 1960s | 17,019 |
| 1970s | 17,909 |
| 1980s | 18,326 |
| 1990s | 8,837 |
| Other decades | 258 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 37,843 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 23,592 |
| Haryana | 8,516 |
| Rajasthan | 3,369 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,452 |
| Delhi | 1,733 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,712 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 505 |
| Chandigarh | 345 |
| Gujarat | 230 |
| Maharashtra | 194 |
| Jharkhand | 145 |
| Other states | 102 |
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
- Wiktionary: ਹਰਿ ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, pāla, p. 622,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.