What does the name Suma mean?

Suma means "a flower". It is a girl's name of Dravidian origin.

What is the classical Sanskrit origin of Suma?

सुम (suma): a flower, per the Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).

Suma

Suma means a flower.

Meaning: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).

Gender	girl
Origin	Dravidian
Language	Malayalam
Starts with	S

Classical Sanskrit origin

सुम (suma): a flower.

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 “a flower”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Zara — Meanings families give: Princess, blooming flower; Princess, blooming flower, radiance; Princess, flower; popular in diaspora; Flower, princess; Princess, flower, radiance; Flower, shining, princess
Reyaan — Flower in paradise
Zaira — Blooming flower, radiant princess
Keya — Meanings families give: A flower, monsoon flower; A flower; monsoon flower
Rayen — Flower, paradise gate
Yasmin — Jasmine flower, fragrant

More girls' names of Dravidian origin

Nila — Blue, moon, river of moonlight
Nanma — Goodness, virtue, excellence
Raji — Shining, glowing, Kerala traditional
Komala — Tender, delicate, soft
Thankam — Gold, golden one, precious
Ammini — Little mother, dear one, Kerala traditional

Where this comes from

Suma'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.