Sunil is a boy's name of Indian origin meaning “very black or blue, dark.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Sunil belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “very black or blue, dark” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Sunil first appears in Social Security records in 1962. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1461 in 1979, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 989 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Sunil means “very black or blue, dark” in its Indian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Sunil is a boy name.
Sunil comes from the Hindu & Indian tradition.
Sunil first appears in US records in 1962. Its best-ever ranking was #1461 in 1979, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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