Given name & surname

Ranil

Ranil is a masculine given name from Sinhalese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ranil comes from Sinhalese.

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How it developed

A transliteration of Sinhalese රනිල්.

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Ranil’s family of names

Ranil is a Roman-alphabet rendering of රනිල්.

Walk Ranil’s family in the name graph

Ranilරනිල්Rannil

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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.

People named Ranil

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