Entry № 10165 · Sanskrit origin

Sushila Sushila — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soo-SHEE-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Good character / virtuous"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "good character / virtuous".

Sushila is from the Sanskrit Suśīlā.

Good character / virtuous — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

सुशीला
Transliteration
Suśīlā
Pronunciation
/ suːˈʃiː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sushila stands.

Sushila does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sushilas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sushila 8th Ashta-Mahishi queen of Krishna / Rukmini Satyabhama Jambavati Nagnajiti Kalindi Mitravinda Bhadra Lakshmana 8 queens / Bhagavata 10:58 / Shila Buddhist Panch-Shila / Sushila Nayar 1914-2000 Gandhis physician
Sanskrit good-character virtuous-woman + su- good + śīla character + Suśīlā eighth-Aṣṭa-Mahiṣī queen-of Krishna + Rukmiṇī + Satyabhāma + Jāmbavatī + Nāgnajitī + Kālindī + Mitravindā + Bhadrā + Lakṣmaṇā + Bhagavata Purana Canto 10 Chapter 58 + Suśīla-Vratya + Śīla Buddhist Pañca-Śīla + Sushila Nayar 1914-2000 Gandhis-physician
Krishna Sushila

Names connected to Sushila.

The number behind Sushila.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sushila reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.