Dasappa as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Dasappa

What is the meaning of the name Dasappa ?

The baby name Dasappa is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced DAH-suh-pah (approx. /ˈdɑːsəpə/).

Dasappa is Tamil in Origin.

Dasappa is a South Indian masculine name rooted in Kannada (also seen in Tulu and, by extension, neighboring languages). It combines Sanskrit dāsa “devotee, servant [of God]” with Kannada appa “father/elder,” yielding the sense “revered devotee” or “venerable servant of God.” The -appa ending is a familiar honorific in Kannada personal names (e.g., Veerappa, Mallappa), signaling respect and seniority as much as parenthood.

Use is strongest in Karnataka and aligns culturally with the Bhakti ethos and the Haridasa tradition that prized devotional self-identification; the element Dasa appears widely in saintly titles and lay names alike. The name is documented in modern records from the Mysore/Karnataka region; a notable bearer was H. C. Dasappa (1894–1964), an Indian cabinet minister. Variants and cognates include Dāsappa (diacritic form), Dassappa (anglicized), Dasayya (Telugu), and short forms Dasu/Dasan; feminine counterparts include Dāsamma and Dasavva.

⚙ Dasappa is a rare name. There are only 10 recorded uses of it in our data, from 5 countries.