Given name & surname
Salil
“of the water”
Salil is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “of the water.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “of the water.”
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 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Salil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 83
- 83 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 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 boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 582 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.
Salil’s family of names
Salil has a related form in Saleal. Salil has a related form in Saleel. Salil has a related form in Saleil.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 Salil
- Salil Shettyhuman rights campaignerborn 1961
- Salil ChowdhuryIndian composer, poet and playwright (1925–1995)
- Salil AnkolaIndian actor, former cricket playerborn 1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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