Given name

Kokila

“cuckoo”

Kokila is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “cuckoo.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kokila means “cuckoo.”

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Where it comes from

Kokila comes from Sanskrit.

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How it developed

From Sanskrit कोकिला (“cuckoo”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kokila’s family of names

In English usage, Kokila has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form कोकिला.

Walk Kokila’s family in the name graph

Kokilaकोकिला

The ring: across languages.

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