About the name Dhaval
Dhaval is the white of a temple wall at noon, used in Sanskrit poetry for anything luminous and unstained. It is heavily concentrated in Gujarat and Maharashtra and almost invisible elsewhere, which gives it a pleasingly local specificity.
Dhaval is a boy name of Sanskrit origin, pronounced DHUH-vul. On the NameRarity scale it scores 92 out of 100, which places it in the ultra rare band — fewer than 1 in 10,000 people carry this name. You will almost never meet another. Its strongest period was the 1990s.
Name facts at a glance
How popular is Dhaval?
Dhaval currently falls outside the US top 1,000, which is a large part of why it scores so highly for rarity. Roughly 2.1 people per million carry it — about 1 in 476,190. In a school of 1,000 pupils you would expect not to find a single one.
Famous people named Dhaval
- Dhaval KulkarniIndian fast bowler for Mumbai and Gujarat
Spellings and variants of Dhaval
Names similar to Dhaval
Vimal
vih-MULL
Spotless, pure, from Vimalanatha, the thirteenth Tirthankara
Dhairya
DHYE-ryah
Courage, patience, steadiness of nerve
Arjun
AR-joon
Bright, silver-white; the great archer of the Mahabharata
Divyansh
div-YAANSH
A part of the divine, a fragment of celestial light
Bhagat
BUG-ut
Devotee, the title of the saint-poets in the Guru Granth Sahib
Devang
DAY-vung
Having a divine body, godlike in form
Devansh
DAY-vahnsh
A part of God, a fragment of the divine
Devdutt
dayv-DUTT
Given by the gods, also the name of Arjuna's conch in the Mahabharata
Dhaval — frequently asked questions
What does the name Dhaval mean?
Dhaval means "Dazzling white, pure and bright". It is a name of Sanskrit origin, most often given to a boy.
How do you pronounce Dhaval?
Dhaval is pronounced DHUH-vul, with 2 syllables.
How rare is the name Dhaval?
Dhaval scores 92 out of 100 on the NameRarity scale, which makes it ultra rare. Roughly 1 in every 476,190 people carry it — about 2.1 per million.
What is the numerology number for Dhaval?
Dhaval carries the expression number 3, known as The Storyteller. Its soul urge number is 2 and its personality number is 1.
What is the lucky number and lucky colour for Dhaval?
The lucky number for Dhaval is 3 (with 12, 21, 30 also favourable), and its lucky colour is Lilac Amethyst. The traditional lucky day is Thursday and the associated gemstone is Amethyst.