Given name
Mridula
“one who is soft to the touch”
Mridula is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who is soft to the touch.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is soft to the touch.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mridula through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 0 boys · 41 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 455 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mridula’s family of names
Mridula has a related form in Mridulah. Mridula has a related form in Mridulla. Mridula has a related form in Mridullah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Mridula
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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