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Susila name meaning

“good-tempered, well-disposed”

Letters
6
Syllables
3
First letter
S
Origin
Sanskrit
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 1950s: 5.5%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s5.5%
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: SMeaning kindnessSanskrit origin

Susila is a girl's name from Sanskrit meaning 'good-tempered, of good conduct'.

What does Susila mean?

Good-tempered, well-disposed

In Malay: berperangai baik, berbudi pekerti

Sources (1)

About the name Susila

Susila is the Malaysian spelling of Sushila or Susheela, from Sanskrit su, 'good', and śīla, 'conduct, disposition', so 'good-tempered'. According to JPN, 313 baby girls were given the name in the 1950s.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginSanskrit
SyllablesSu-si-la
First letterIndian Names starting with S
Devanagari scriptसुशीला

Susila in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
Girl: 313 · 5.5%
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Susila as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Sushila · behindthename.com · meaning

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