Syamala

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: Mithun
• Nakshatra: Ardra
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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
• Ranjith — Meanings families give: Pleased, delighted; Delighted, colored, victorious; Pleased, delighted, coloured with joy
• Hiranmay — n. (for -) golden, gold-coloured
• Shyamal — n. dark-coloured

More girls' names of Sanskrit-Malayalam / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Amrutha — Meanings families give: Nectar of immortality, divine drink; Nectar, immortal, divine drink
• Sreeja — Meanings families give: Goddess Lakshmi, auspicious; Born of Lakshmi, prosperity
• Megha — Meanings families give: Cloud, rain cloud; Cloud, rain, sky
• Amitha — Meanings families give: Immeasurable, unlimited, boundless; Boundless, immeasurable, infinite
• Vinitha — Meanings families give: Trained, modest, well-behaved; Modest, humble, polite
• Subhashini — Meanings families give: One who speaks sweetly; One who speaks well, eloquent

Other names under Mithun rashi

• Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• 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

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

Where this comes from

Syamala'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.