The baby name Devdas is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdeːvdaːs/ (DEV-dahs or DAYV-daas).
The baby name Devdas is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdeːvdaːs/ (DEV-dahs or DAYV-daas).
Devdas is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.
Devdas is a masculine given name from the Indo-Aryan tradition, built from Sanskrit deva ‘god, divine being’ and dasa ‘servant, devotee,’ yielding the devotional meaning ‘servant of God’ or ‘devotee of the divine.’ The -das suffix is common in Bhakti naming across India, and Devdas appears in Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, and related languages, with use among Hindu communities and occasionally Jains.
Its modern cultural profile is strongly shaped by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Bengali novella Devdas (1917) and its celebrated film adaptations (notably 1935, 1955, and 2002), which lent the name a romantic, tragic aura while preserving its spiritual core. Variants and spellings include Debdas (Bengali/Assamese), Devidas (Marathi), Devadas (Malayalam/Kannada), Devdasu (Telugu), and the shortened Dev. Though less common for newborns today than in the mid-20th century, it remains widely recognized across South Asia and the diaspora.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF | Girls | 0 | #94 | 1 | 2,402 |
| OM | 0 | #117 | 5 | 6,215 | |
| MU | 0 | #137 | 1 | 3,613 | |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #368 | 2 | 8,477 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #387 | 3 | 7,057 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #460 | 7 | 10,523 |
| BH | 0 | #538 | 16 | 17,937 | |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #555 | 22 | 10,045 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #560 | 2 | 19,177 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #564 | 2 | 10,162 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #574 | 2 | 12,054 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #652 | 3 | 13,121 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #690 | 8 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #697 | 11 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #751 | 19 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #847 | 35 | 17,948 |
| TN | 0 | #864 | 2 | 13,765 | |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #917 | 85 | 16,750 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #923 | 3 | 15,035 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,011 | 4 | 25,931 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,049 | 44 | 22,615 |
| MA | 0 | #1,094 | 35 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,165 | 12 | 20,130 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,177 | 6 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,251 | 4 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,519 | 96 | 28,008 |
Devdas is popular in 27 countries — most recent births per country:
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