Given name
Sushil
“well-disposed, good-tempered”
Sushil is used as a given name. One Sanskrit interpretation is “well-disposed, good-tempered.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Sanskrit interpretation is “well-disposed, good-tempered.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sushil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 25 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 5 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 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,320 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.
Sushil’s family of names
Sushil has a feminine form in Sushila. In English usage, Sushil has a related form in SUSHEEL. In English usage, Sushil has a related form in SUSHEEL.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sushil
- Sushil KoiralaPrime Minister of Nepal (1939-2016)
- Sushil KumarIndian wrestlerborn 1983
- Sushilkumar ShindeIndian politicianborn 1941
- Sushil Kumar ModiIndian politician1952–2024
- Sushil ChhetriNepalese actorborn 1974
- Sushil Kumar DharaIndian politician (1911-2011)
- Sushil Kumar DeIndian polymath and author1890–1968
- Sushil KumarIndian admiral1940–2019
- Sushil NadkarniIndian cricketerborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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