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Charudatta
चारुदत्तSay it chaa-roo-DUT-tuh
- Meaning today
- Beautifully given, gifted with beauty
- Original meaning
- "name of the hero of the Mṛcchakaṭikā; cāru, 'lovely, dear', + datta, 'given'" Monier-Williams, p. 393
- Say it
- chaa-roo-DUT-tuh
- Written
- चारुदत्त
- Other spellings
- Charudatt, Charudat
- First sound
- चा · Meen rashi
Charudatta
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Charudatta meaning
Charudatta (चारुदत्त) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, चा, it is a Meen rashi name (Revati nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Name of the hero of the Mṛcchakaṭikā; cāru, 'lovely, dear', + datta, 'given'
Also used to mean: beautifully given, gifted with beauty
Charudatta (चारुदत्त) joins Sanskrit cāru, which Monier-Williams gives as agreeable, beloved and dear, and lovely or beautiful, with datta, "given". Baby-name lists read it as "beautifully given" or "gifted with beauty". Monier-Williams records Cārudatta as the name of the Brahman hero of the Mṛcchakaṭikā, "The Little Clay Cart", a generous man who has lost his fortune and loves the courtesan Vasantasenā. The name is used in Maharashtra, and Marathi families often write Charudatt.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 393 · entry cāru-datta · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, cāru-datta, p. 393 · Monier-Williams, cāru, p. 393 · Monier-Williams, datta, p. 467
Famous namesakes
- Charudatta, hero of the Sanskrit play Mṛcchakaṭikā
Fits your syllable
First sound चा
Revati nakshatra, pada 3 · Meen rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Charudatta · Charudatt · Charudat