Mithil
Mithil means N. of a city said to have been founded by Mithi or Mithila (it was the capital of Videha or the modern Tirhut, and residence of King Janaka).
Meaning: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Hindi |
| Starts with | M |
Classical Sanskrit origin
मिथिला (mithilā): N. of a city said to have been founded by Mithi or Mithila (it was the capital of Videha or the modern Tirhut, and residence of King Janaka).
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.
Traditional associations
In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.
- Rashi: Mithun
- Nakshatra: Ardra
- More names starting with M
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “N. of a city said to have been founded by Mithi or Mithila (it was the capital of Videha or the modern Tirhut, and residence of King Janaka)”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Hrishikesh — lord of the senses (said of Manas)
- Vaidehi — Meanings families give: Goddess Sita; Sita; from Videha kingdom; pure
- Janaki — Meanings families give: Daughter of Janaka, Goddess Sita; Daughter of Janaka, Sita
- Mithilesh — King of Mithila, a name for Janaka, father of Sita
- Mythili — Meanings families give: Daughter of Mithila, Sita; Goddess Sita, daughter of Mithila
- Maithili — From Mithila, another name of Sita
More boys' names of Sanskrit origin
- Reyansh — Meanings families give: Ray of light; Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
- Aryan — Noble, of high birth
- Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
- Aarush — Meanings families give: First ray of sun; First ray of the winter sun, calm radiance
- Arnav — come from the sea
- Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated
Other names under Mithun rashi
- Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
- Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
- Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
- Dev — God, divine being
- Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart
- Divya — Meanings families give: Divine, heavenly; Divine, heavenly, brilliant; Divine, heavenly, brilliant light; Divine, brilliant, beautiful
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mithun names.
Where this comes from
Mithil'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.