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Upali

boy name
Origin
Sinhala
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

borne by the barber who became one of the Buddha's chief disciples, foremost in monastic discipline; famously borne by tycoon Upali Wijewardene

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Upali has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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The Upali deep dive

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