Madhavdasa as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Madhavdasa

What is the meaning of the name Madhavdasa ?

The baby name Madhavdasa is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced muh-DAHV-dah-suh.

Madhavdasa is Sanskrit in Origin.

Madhavdasa is a masculine compound of Sanskrit origin, formed from Mādhava (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna, linked to the Madhu lineage and connoting honey-sweetness or the spring month) and dāsa (“servant, devotee”). Together it signifies “servant of Mādhava,” expressing personal devotion to Krishna/Vishnu. The name is typical of Vaishnava milieus and appears across North and Eastern Indo‑Aryan languages, including Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Rajasthani, Odia, and Bengali.

Used by lay devotees and initiated renunciants alike, it functions both as a given name and as an adopted religious name within bhakti orders, where the -dasa suffix marks devotional identity. Documented spellings and transliterations include Mādhava‑dāsa, Madhavdas, Madhavadas, Madhavadasa, Madhavdās, and the Bengali-influenced Madhabdas; the honorific form Madhavdasji also occurs. A feminine counterpart, Madhavdasi/Madhab Dasi, appears by analogy. The name’s structure and meaning parallel other Vaishnava names like Krishnadas and Govinddas.

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