Silpa

Classical Sanskrit origin

शिल्प (śilpa): skill in any art or craft or work of art, ingenuity, contrivance.

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 “skill in any art or craft or work of art, ingenuity, contrivance”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Shilpa — skill in any art or craft or work of art, ingenuity, contrivance
• Kaushal — Meanings families give: Skill, cleverness, expertise; Skill, expertise and capability
• Prativa — Meanings families give: Intelligent, reflection, image; Talent, genius; bright and intelligent; Intelligence, skill
• Geetanjali — Meanings families give: Offering of songs, musical garland; Offering of songs; collection of devotional songs; Offering of songs; Tagore work
• Kruti — Work of art, creation, deed
• Rachana — Creation, arrangement, artistic work

More girls' names of Bengali origin

• Shiuli — Night jasmine flower; fragrant autumn bloom
• Oishee — Divine, of God; belonging to the divine
• Doyel — The Oriental Magpie Robin; national bird of Bangladesh
• Brishti — Rain; the blessed monsoon rains
• Mili — To meet, to unite
• Reeya — Singer; one with a melodious voice

Where this comes from

Silpa'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.