Family name origins & meanings
- Muslim : from a personal name based on the Persian dāda ‘given’ (i.e. ‘gift of God’).
- Indian (Maharashtra) : Hindu and Muslim name meaning ‘elder brother’ in Marathi, also used as an honorific term of address.
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