Duryodhana
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A major character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the eldest of the Kauravas
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/duɹiɑdhɑnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Duryodhana is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country.
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 355K(inferred from the name graph)
- PLPoland1 in 19M
- NPNepal≈1 in 58Kas Duryodhan
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Duryodhana itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nepal (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 74 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 355K (inferred from the name graph)
≈530 named Duryodhan, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Arab Emirates, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
2 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Duryodhan in KW Kuwait, SA Saudi Arabia, AE United Arab Emirates and 2 more and Durjodhan in CA Canada, GY Guyana.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A major character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the eldest of the Kauravas.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Duryodhana counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP Nepal | ≈530 est. | ≈1 in 58K | — | Duryodhan | 8 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 355K | — | Duryodhan | 3 |
| KW Kuwait | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 228K | — | Duryodhan | 3 |
| CA Canada | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 3.2M | — | Durjodhan | 4 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 2.8M | — | Duryodhan | 4 |
| QA Qatar | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 253K | — | Duryodhan | 2 |
| GY Guyana | 8as Duryodhan | 1 in 94K | 29 | Durjodhan | 1 |
| PL Poland | 2 | 1 in 19M | 2 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Duryodhana is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
invincible.
as a nameThe Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #32,315 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 2 | #33,617 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Duryodhana mean, and where does it come from?
- A major character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the eldest of the Kauravas. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Duryodhana?
- A machine transcription gives /duɹiɑdhɑnə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Duryodhana a male or female name?
- Duryodhana is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Duryodhana have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 526 people named Duryodhan in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Duryodhana?
- In Poland, the national register counted 2 people named Duryodhana in 2026, about 1 in 19 million residents.
What do you want to know about Duryodhana?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/duryodhanaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Duryodhana”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.