Payal

Where Payal comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit पायल (pāyala).
— Wiktionary's entry for Payal
  • Sanskrit
Payal through the years
  1. 1975
    First appearance
    #5,516 among girls with 10 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1981
    Peak, #2,657
    34 babies named Payal, the most in any year.
  3. 1992
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #6,008.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.