Given name & surname · also Marathi
Patil
“snowflake”
Patil is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “snowflake.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “snowflake.”
Where it comes from
Patil comes from Marathi, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Marathi पाटील (“village head”), from Kannada ಪಾಟೀಲ (“village head”), from Old Marathi 𑘢𑘘𑘺𑘩, from Prakrit 𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮, from Sanskrit पट्टकिल.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Patil’s family of names
In English usage, Patil as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with PATEL. In English usage, Patil as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Πατίλ. In Greek usage, Patil as a surname is a transliteration of Πατίλ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Patil has relatives in 18 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.
18 related names in 18 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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