Girl · Gujarati (modern) · Hindu
Hetal
हेतलSay it HAY-tul
- Meaning today
- Friendly, affectionate, cheerful
- In the dictionaries
- No dictionary meaning confirmed for the name itself
- Say it
- HAY-tul
- Written
- हेतल
- Other spellings
- Hetall
- First sound
- हे · Kark rashi
Hetal
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Hetal meaning
Hetal (हेतल) is a Hindu girl's name of Gujarati origin (modern). By its first sound, हे, it is a Kark rashi name (Pushya nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Meaning today
Friendly, affectionate, cheerful
In the dictionaries
We haven't confirmed a dictionary meaning for the name itself. The meaning above is how families commonly use it.
Hetal (હેતલ) is a modern Gujarati girls' name, one of a family of names with the soft -al ending, like Hiral, Kinjal and Jinal. Families usually give its meaning as friendly, affectionate or cheerful. We could not find Hetal itself in any dictionary. A likely root is het, a word for affection found in Gujarati and in older Hindi poetry; McGregor's Hindi dictionary records het, with a sense of attachment or love. Sanskrit hita, "kind, friendly, affectionate", is another possible ancestor. Because neither is confirmed, we present the meaning as the one families use rather than a dictionary sense.
References: McGregor, Oxford Hindi–English Dictionary, het / hetu, p. 1079 · Monier-Williams, hita, p. 1298
Fits your syllable
First sound हे
Pushya nakshatra, pada 2 · Kark rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Hetal · Hetall