The baby name Dharmpal is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /dʱɑːrmˈpɑːl/ (approx. "DHARM-pal").
The baby name Dharmpal is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /dʱɑːrmˈpɑːl/ (approx. "DHARM-pal").
Dharmpal is Hindi, Sanskrit in Origin.
Dharmpal is a masculine Indian name from Sanskrit dharma "righteousness, moral law, duty" + pala "protector, guardian," yielding the sense "protector of dharma," "upholder of virtue." In modern Indo-Aryan languages, pala appears as pal, and the schwa in Dharam is often elided in speech and writing, producing the common Hindi form Dharmpal alongside Dharampal.
The name has historical resonance: Dharmapala was an 8th-9th-century Pala emperor of Bengal, and a 6th-7th-century Yogacara Buddhist thinker bears the same name; Tibetan Buddhism also knows guardian deities called Dharmapala. Today it is prevalent across North India - Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan - frequently appearing as Dharampal or as a compound (e.g., Dharampal Singh), and occurs in Nepal and Sri Lanka through Buddhist and Indo-Aryan influence. Variants include Dharmapal, Dharmapala (classical Sanskrit), Dharma Pal (spaced), and the Hindi spelling Dharmpal; diminutives such as Pal or Dharma sometimes arise in colloquial use.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #422 | 3 | 15,987 |
| BH | 0 | #542 | 12 | 17,937 | |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #595 | 3 | 20,968 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #652 | 3 | 13,121 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #674 | 34 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #745 | 25 | 18,755 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #814 | 189 | 16,750 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #853 | 29 | 17,948 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #995 | 98 | 22,615 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 5 | 25,931 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,178 | 5 | 25,439 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,526 | 89 | 28,008 |
Dharmpal is popular in 13 countries — most recent births per country:
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