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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (northern states) : Hindu (Kayasth) name, from Sanskrit dayālu ‘kind’, ‘compassionate’. This also commonly occurs as the final element in compound given names such as Ramdayal ‘Rama the Compassionate’, Shankardayal ‘Shankara the Compassionate’.

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