Girl, also used for boys in Maharashtra and Gujarat · Sanskrit (Marathi and Gujarati usage) · Hindu
Snehal
स्नेहलSay it SNAY-hul
- Meaning
- Full of affection, fond, tender Monier-Williams, p. 1267
- Say it
- SNAY-hul
- Written
- स्नेहल
Snehal
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Snehal meaning
Snehal (स्नेहल) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin (Marathi and Gujarati usage), also used for boys in Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Full of affection, fond, tender
Snehal (स्नेहल) is the Sanskrit adjective snehala, "full of affection, fond, tender", formed from sneha. Monier-Williams gives sneha a literal sense of oil or smoothness and a figurative sense of tenderness, love and fondness, and snehala carries the second. Name lists explain Snehal as "affectionate" or "loving", which agrees with the dictionary. The name is used mainly in Maharashtra and Gujarat, where it is mainly given to girls, though some families there also use it for boys.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1267 · entry snehala · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, snehala, p. 1267 · Monier-Williams, sneha, p. 1267