Nandlal

Nandlal meaning

Nandlal (नन्दलाल) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit and Hindi origin.

Darling son of Nanda: a name of Krishna

Also used to mean: beloved son of nanda, lord krishna

Nandlal (नन्दलाल) means "Nanda's darling". Nanda is Krishna's foster-father in Gokul, and the Hindi lāl, as Platts records it, means beloved or precious and, as a noun, a little boy, a son or a darling, a different word from lāl, "red". The name is one of the most familiar titles of the child Krishna in Hindi devotional songs. Two notable bearers are Nandalal Bose, the Bengal School painter who decorated the original manuscript of the Constitution of India, and Bhai Nand Lal, a poet at the court of Guru Gobind Singh.

In Hindu tradition this is a name of Krishna.

Source: John T. Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English (1884), p. 946 · entry lāl · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Platts, lāl, p. 946 · Monier-Williams, nanda, p. 526 · Wikipedia, Nandalal Bose · Wikipedia, Bhai Nand Lal

Famous namesakes

• Nandalal Bose, painter of the Bengal School
• Bhai Nand Lal, poet at the court of Guru Gobind Singh

How the name is built

• Nanda :
  
• Lāl :
  

Fits your syllable

First sound न

Anuradha nakshatra, pada 1 · Vrishchik rashi

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

Spellings

Nandlal · Nandalal · Nand Lal

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