Dayaram

Dayaram meaning

Dayaram (दयाराम) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.

Personal name joining dayā, 'compassion', and Rāma

Also used to mean: compassion of Rama, merciful Rama

Dayaram (दयाराम) is an old Indian name that Monier-Williams records as the name of several men. It joins dayā, "sympathy, compassion", with Rāma, the hero of the Ramayana, so it is read as "Rama the compassionate" or "the compassion of Rama", in the same pattern as names like Sitaram and Rajaram. Its most famous bearer is Dayaram, the Gujarati devotional poet of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, whose garbi songs to Krishna are still sung, and who is counted with Narsinh Mehta and Mirabai among the great bhakti poets of Gujarati.

Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 470 · entry dayārāma · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Monier-Williams, dayārāma, p. 470 · Monier-Williams, rāma, p. 877 · Wikipedia, Dayaram

Famous namesakes

• Dayaram, Gujarati bhakti poet (1777–1853)

Fits your syllable

First sound द

Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra, pada 3 · Kumbh rashi

This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is दा, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.

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