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Somil
सोमिलSay it SO-mil
- Meaning today
- Moon-like, gentle
- Original meaning
- "name of a Sanskrit poet (also called Saumila); also of an Asura" Monier-Williams, p. 1251
- Say it
- SO-mil
- Written
- सोमिल
- First sound
- सो · Kumbh rashi
Somil
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Somil meaning
Somil (सोमिल) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, सो, it is a Kumbh rashi name (Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Meaning today
Moon-like, gentle
Original Sanskrit meaning
"name of a Sanskrit poet (also called Saumila); also of an Asura"
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1251 · entry somila · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
Somil (सोमिल) goes back to Sanskrit Somila, which Monier-Williams records only as a proper name: a poet quoted in Śārṅgadhara's medieval anthology, also called Saumila, and an Asura in the Kathāsaritsāgara. Indian name lists usually give Somil as "moon-like" or "gentle", connecting it with soma, the moon. That is a natural reading of the sound of the name, but the dictionaries do not record it as a meaning, so it appears to be a modern sense rather than the word's documented use. Monier-Williams also lists the related name Saumila for the same poet.
References: Monier-Williams, somila, p. 1251 · Monier-Williams, soma, p. 1249
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First sound सो
Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra, pada 2 · Kumbh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.