MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sharmila mean?
Sanskrit sharmila is connected with sharman, happiness or comfort. Modern Hindi also uses sharmila for someone shy or modest, giving the personal name two familiar interpretations.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शर्मिला
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शर्मीला
Letter-by-letter: śarmīlā
16,321 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sharmila in Indian usage
9,748 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 656 |
| 1970s | 2,760 |
| 1980s | 3,308 |
| 1990s | 2,901 |
| Other decades | 123 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 4,129 |
| Kerala | 2,113 |
| Goa | 1,400 |
| Puducherry | 873 |
| Delhi | 460 |
| Sikkim | 316 |
| Meghalaya | 154 |
| Manipur | 117 |
| Other states | 186 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Sharmila ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Behind the Name: Sharmila ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Monier-Williams, śarman, p. 1058,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.