The baby name Muralidhar is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced mu-rah-LEE-dhar (IPA: /mʊrəˈliːd̪ʱər/).
The baby name Muralidhar is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced mu-rah-LEE-dhar (IPA: /mʊrəˈliːd̪ʱər/).
Muralidhar is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.
Muralidhar is a Sanskrit theophoric masculine name formed from murali "flute" and dhara "bearer/holder," literally "the bearer of the flute," a celebrated epithet of Lord Krishna. The name occurs in Puranic and bhakti poetry, where Krishna is praised as Muralidhara, and spread across North and South India with Vaishnava devotional movements. It conveys associations of melody, charm, and divine love.
Usage is widespread in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, and Tamil-speaking communities. Common spellings and variants include Muralidhara, Murali Dhar (two-word form), Muralidharan/Muraleedharan (South Indian suffixal form), and the short form Murali; feminine forms are rare. Script variants include मुरलीधर (Devanagari) and related regional scripts. The name remains popular as a given name and in compound devotional names, and it aligns with other Krishna epithets such as Gopala, Venugopal, and Madhusudan.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| BH | 0 | #581 | 7 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #697 | 11 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #737 | 3 | 17,960 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #799 | 8 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #863 | 19 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #924 | 2 | 15,035 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #948 | 54 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,058 | 35 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,598 | 17 | 28,008 |
Muralidhar is popular in 13 countries — most recent births per country:
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