Devdas

/D-EY-V-D-AA-S/

Boy Hindu Bengali origin BangladeshiIndian

Servant of God, from Sanskrit deva (god, the divine) and dāsa (servant, devotee). The name expresses humble devotion, the self offered in service to the divine, and is deeply woven into Bengali literary memory as the name of a famed tragic hero undone by a love he could not bring himself to claim.

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Meaning & origin

Devdas is a boy's name of Bengali origin, traditionally used in Hindu families. The name means "Servant of God, from Sanskrit deva (god, the divine) and dāsa (servant, devotee). The name expresses humble devotion, the self offered in service to the divine, and is deeply woven into Bengali literary memory as the name of a famed tragic hero undone by a love he could not bring himself to claim." and belongs to the Love cluster — names for children loved deeply before they arrive.

Common among Bangladeshi, Indian, Bengali families, Devdas carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Devdas

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Devdas resonates in either tradition.

Pythagorean
1
leadership and pioneering spirit
Chaldean
5
freedom and adventurous change

How Devdas sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Devdas breaks down into 6 phonemes: /D-EY-V-D-AA-S/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

Nicknames

Common affectionate forms of Devdas — useful for everyday family conversation, early childhood, or as standalone given names themselves.

DeviDevd

The six signals, applied to Devdas

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Devdas maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.

01 — Birth Star
Nakshatra match
For Hindu families, NameRoot computes the auspicious starting syllables from your baby's birth nakshatra and scores Devdas against them.
02 — Numerology
Destiny alignment
Pythagorean and Chaldean life-path calculations (destiny 1) matched against your family's own numerology profile.
03 — Phonetics
Last-name fit
Rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters measured with IPA to see how Devdas flows with your family name.
04 — Meaning
Love
Devdas belongs to the Love cluster — names for children loved deeply before they arrive.
05 — Cultural & Tradition
Hindu
As a Hindu name, Devdas carries religious and cultural weight scored against your family's heritage — plus grandparent-name matches, saint's-day alignment, and generational naming patterns scored against your family tree.
06 — Uniqueness
Popularity balance
How common Devdas is today versus historically — finding the sweet spot between familiar and forgotten.

Names similar to Devdas

If Devdas resonates with you, these names live in the same world — drawn from the same tradition, sharing the same meaning, or echoing a similar sound.

From the same tradition

Other Hindu boy names, common in Bangladeshi families

Aarav
From Sanskrit 'arava' (peaceful, calm) or 'rav' (sound, musical note).
Vivaan
Full of life, possessing radiance, from Sanskrit vivān, combining the intensifier vi- with vā (to blow, to breathe). The name evokes the first rays of the morning sun and a vital, breathing energy, casting the bearer as one filled with luminous vitality and the quickening force of dawn.
Vihaan
From Sanskrit vihana (dawn, morning, the early hours).
Aditya
Son of Aditi, belonging to the sun, from Sanskrit, where the Adityas are the solar deities born of the boundless mother Aditi. In ordinary speech the name stands directly for Surya, the sun, making it a bright emblem of light, warmth, and celestial radiance in Hindu tradition.

Sharing the same meaning

Other Hindu boy names from the Love cluster

Krishna
The dark one, the all-attractive — Krishna is the butter-stealing child of Yashoda, the flute-playing lover of Radha, and the charioteer who spoke the Bhagavad Gita's eternal truths. His dark-blue skin holds the colour of rain clouds heavy with monsoon promise, and his name is a universe of love, play, wisdom, and protection
Hrithvik
From the heart, heartfelt, joyful — one who acts from genuine feeling. Every decision flows from the heart's truth.
Hridyansh
A piece of the heart, the fragment of a parent's soul that walks outside their body — Hridyansh combines 'hridaya' (heart) with 'ansh' (part), naming a child as a literal portion of the parents' own heart given a separate body

Names that sound similar

Hindu boy names that open with the same syllables as Devdas

Dev
God, divine being, the three-letter distillation of the entire Hindu pantheon — Dev is the shortest possible Hindu theophoric name, packing the concept of divinity into a single syllable. In modern India it functions as both a standalone name and a prefix for hundreds of compounds
Devan
Divine, god-like, the one who possesses celestial qualities — Devan is the South Indian form of Deva with the '-an' suffix that marks it as distinctly Dravidian. In Kerala and Tamil Nadu this suffix transforms a pan-Indian word into something regionally specific
Daivat
Divine power, blessed — Daivat in Sanskrit refers to the divine essence, the favourable destiny that comes from the gods. The name signals a son blessed with divine grace.

Common questions about Devdas

What does the name Devdas mean?

Devdas means "Servant of God, from Sanskrit deva (god, the divine) and dāsa (servant, devotee). The name expresses humble devotion, the self offered in service to the divine, and is deeply woven into Bengali literary memory as the name of a famed tragic hero undone by a love he could not bring himself to claim.." It is a boy name of Bengali origin, traditionally used in Hindu families.

Is Devdas a boy or girl name?

Devdas is most commonly used as a boy name.

What is the origin of the name Devdas?

Devdas is of Bengali origin, used in Hindu tradition, commonly among Bangladeshi, Indian, Bengali families.

What are common nicknames for Devdas?

Common short forms of Devdas include Devi, Devd.

What is the numerology of Devdas?

Devdas has a Pythagorean destiny number of 1 — leadership and pioneering spirit.

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