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Swapnil

/SWUP-nil/ MasculineSanskrit

Meaning

Swapnil is a masculine name of Sanskrit origin meaning “dreamlike”.

Swapnil is a modern Indian name built from the Sanskrit svapna, dream, and is usually glossed as dreamlike or seen in a dream. It rose with the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, particularly in Maharashtra, giving the dream theme a solidly masculine form.

A familiar men's name in western and northern India.

At a glance

Origin
Sanskrit
Gender
Masculine
Pronounced
/SWUP-nil/
Themes
DreamNight

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Questions

  • Swapnil is a masculine name of Sanskrit origin meaning “dreamlike”. Swapnil is a modern Indian name built from the Sanskrit svapna, dream, and is usually glossed as dreamlike or seen in a dream.

  • Swapnil is traditionally a masculine (boy) name. It is a familiar men's name in western and northern India.

  • The name Swapnil comes from Sanskrit. Swapnil is a modern Indian name built from the Sanskrit svapna, dream, and is usually glossed as dreamlike or seen in a dream. It rose with the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, particularly in Maharashtra, giving the dream theme a solidly masculine form.

  • Swapnil is pronounced SWUP-nil.

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  4. Arman MasculinePersian“wish, ideal, aspiration”
  5. Dream FeminineEnglish“a vision in sleep; an aspiration”
  6. Hülya FeminineTurkish“daydream, reverie”