Dularie as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Dularie

What is the meaning of the name Dularie ?

The baby name Dularie is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /duːˈlɑːri/ (doo-LAH-ree).

Dularie is Hindi, Punjabi in Origin.

Dularie is a feminine given name of Hindi–Urdu origin, rooted in dulār (“affection, fondness”) plus the feminine suffix -ī, yielding dulārī: “beloved girl,” “cherished one,” or “pampered/treasured daughter.” It is common in North Indian speech communities such as Bhojpuri and Awadhi and functions both as an affectionate epithet and as a formal personal name. The spelling Dularie reflects an Anglicized, diaspora-influenced rendering of Dulari/Dulāri.

The name traveled widely with the 19th–20th‑century Indian indenture diaspora and became familiar in Indo-Caribbean families in Trinidad, Guyana, and Suriname, as well as in Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa. Usage in India is now less frequent, though the form Dulari is remembered in popular culture (e.g., the 1949 Hindi film Dulari). Established variants include Dulari, Dulāri, Dulaari, and Dulary; related masculine forms are Dulara/Dulare. Core meaning across variants remains “beloved, cherished.”

⚙ We have no record of Dularie in any national birth registry or name dataset. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. By any reading, it's an exceptionally uncommon choice.