Shyamal

Classical Sanskrit origin

श्यामल (śyāmala): n. dark-coloured.

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: Simha
• Nakshatra: Magha
• More names starting with S

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “n. dark-coloured”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Ranjitha — Meanings families give: Delighted, pleased, coloured; Pleased, delighted, pleased with colour
• Shubhra — bright-coloured
• Navrang — Nine colours, multi-coloured, vibrant
• Syamala — n. dark-coloured
• Ranjith — Meanings families give: Pleased, delighted; Delighted, colored, victorious; Pleased, delighted, coloured with joy
• Hiranmay — n. (for -) golden, gold-coloured

More boys' names of Sanskrit-Gujarati origin

• Samir — air, breeze, wind (also of the body See below)
• Utsav — a festival, jubilee
• Devam — Divine, godly
• Hemang — One with a golden body; shining
• Devang — N. of an emanation from Sadā-śiva's body (inventor of weaving)
• Poojan — One worthy of worship, act of worship

Other names under Simha rashi

• Lavanya — beauty, loveliness
• Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
• Surya — the wife of the god
• Lakshay — Target, aim, goal
• Harshil — Joyful, happy
• Misha — Sweet like nectar, joyful

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Simha names.

Where this comes from

Shyamal'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.