Manjula
Manjula means beautiful, pleasing, lovely, charming.
Meaning: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Punjabi / Sanskrit-Telugu |
| Language | Hindi / Punjabi / Telugu |
| Starts with | M |
Classical Sanskrit origin
मञ्जुल (mañjula): beautiful, pleasing, lovely, charming.
Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “beautiful, pleasing, lovely, charming”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Saloni — Beautiful, lovely, pretty
- Priyadarshini — Meanings families give: One who is nice to see, pleasant; Beloved to behold; Looking lovely, pleasant to behold
- Lalita — artless, innocent, soft, gentle, charming, lovely ( ind.)
- Sushma — Meanings families give: Beautiful, attractive, very lovely; Beautiful, pleasant, graceful
- Charu — pleasing, lovely, beautiful
- Manroop — Beautiful mind, lovely in thought
Where this comes from
Manjula's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.