Sunil

Where Sunil comes from

From Sanskrit सुनील (sunīla, “very black or blue, dark”); ultimately from सु (su) + नील (nīla).
— Wiktionary's entry for Sunil
  • Sanskrit
Along the way
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #2,848 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Peak, #1,435
    42 babies named Sunil — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,427.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.