Zaildar
Zaildar means Village chief, leader of the community.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Punjabi |
| Language | Punjabi |
| Starts with | Z |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Village chief, leader of the community”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Pillai — Noble child, Nair community traditional name
- Gopalan — Cowherd community protector, guardian of Gokul village
- Ambadi — A name of Krishna, the cowherd village
- Wagha — Village of victory, symbolic of triumph
- Ghisuji — Folk hero name, beloved village elder
- Raj — (nom. ) a king, sovereign, chief (in later language only ifc.)
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Where this comes from
Zaildar has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.