Dheeraj is a boy's name of Indian origin meaning “patience.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Dheeraj at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Hindu & Indian
Meaning
“patience”
Also spelled
Dhiraj
About the name Dheeraj
Dheeraj belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “patience” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Dhiraj.
In the United States, Dheeraj first appears in Social Security records in 2000. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #7329 in 2008, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 75 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.