MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Soumya mean?
Soumya uses the feminine form of Sanskrit saumya, gentle or pleasing. Its source is Soma, the moon, which explains its moonlike association. The masculine adjective also appears as a polite Sanskrit form of address.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सौम्या
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Soumya in Indian usage
32,116 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (96.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 30,934 records (96.3%).
- Recorded as male: 1,182 records (3.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 21,406 |
| 1990s | 10,153 |
| Other decades | 557 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 29,479 |
| Odisha | 1,166 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 946 |
| Other states | 525 |
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.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Wiktionary: सौम्य ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Monier-Williams, saumya, p. 1254,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.