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Praful
प्रफुल्लSay it pruh-FOOL
- Meaning
- Blooming, covered with blossoms; opened wide; shining, smiling, cheerful Monier-Williams, p. 683
- Say it
- pruh-FOOL
- Written
- प्रफुल्ल
- Other spellings
- Prafull, Prafulla
Praful
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Praful meaning
Praful (प्रफुल्ल) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
Blooming, covered with blossoms; opened wide; shining, smiling, cheerful
Praful (प्रफुल्ल) is the Sanskrit praphulla, from the verb phull, "to blossom". Monier-Williams gives it as blooming, covered with flowers and opened wide like a full-blown blossom, and from there as shining, smiling, cheerful and pleased, the way a face "opens" with joy. The name is spelled Praful or Prafull in Gujarat and Maharashtra and Prafulla in Bengal and Odisha. Name lists give "blooming" or "cheerful", which matches the dictionary.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 683 · entry praphulla · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, praphulla, p. 683 · Wikipedia, Prafulla Chandra Ray · Wikipedia, Praful Patel
Famous namesakes
- Prafulla Chandra Ray, chemist and founder of Bengal Chemicals
- Praful Patel, former Union Minister of Civil Aviation
Spellings
Praful · Prafull · Prafulla