The baby name Damodar is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /dɑːˈmoʊdɑːr/ (DAH-moh-dahr).
The baby name Damodar is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /dɑːˈmoʊdɑːr/ (DAH-moh-dahr).
Damodar is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.
Damodar is a masculine name from Sanskrit Dāmodara (dāma “rope” + udara “belly”), glossed as “one whose belly is bound with a rope.” It is a revered epithet of Krishna in Vaishnava tradition, recalling the Damodara episode where mother Yashoda ties the playful child to a mortar; the sacred month of Kartika is likewise called Dāmodara and associated hymns and lamp rituals honor this name.
Used across India and Nepal since at least the medieval period, Damodar appears in royal, scholarly, and devotional contexts. Notables include the Nepalese premier Damodar Pande and historian-mathematician D. D. (Damodar Dharmanand) Kosambi; it also occurs as a patronymic, as in Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Variants and related forms: Damodara (classical/Sanskrit), Dāmodar (transliterated), Damodaran (South Indian), and regional nicknames such as Damu. The name also survives in toponyms like the Damodar River.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN | 0 | #70 | 2 | 2,963 | |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| AE | 0 | #183 | 5 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 4,970 |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| SA | 0 | #310 | 3 | 10,560 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #330 | 2 | 9,639 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #336 | 8 | 15,378 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #339 | 2 | 6,459 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #368 | 2 | 8,477 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| YE | 0 | #397 | 2 | 8,639 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #464 | 3 | 10,523 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| BH | 0 | #525 | 29 | 17,937 | |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #595 | 3 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #607 | 101 | 18,093 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #648 | 7 | 13,121 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #695 | 75 | 18,755 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #718 | 298 | 16,750 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #733 | 7 | 17,960 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #802 | 80 | 17,948 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #917 | 19 | 25,931 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #920 | 173 | 22,615 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #924 | 3 | 14,506 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,082 | 30 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,198 | 2 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,269 | 4 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,291 | 325 | 28,008 |
Damodar is popular in 30 countries — most recent births per country:
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