At a Glance: Name: Kokila – Meaning: cuckoo (the Indian koel, celebrated in Sanskrit poetry for its song) – Origin: Sanskrit – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: KOH-kee-luh
Kokila is a Sanskrit girl's name meaning “cuckoo (the Indian koel, celebrated in Sanskrit poetry for its song)”. It appears in our list of 150+ Bird Names for Babies From Robin to Wren and Beyond.
Meaning & Origin of Kokila
Meaning: Cuckoo (the Indian koel, celebrated in Sanskrit poetry for its song).
Origin: Sanskrit.
A common claim: Kokila means 'cuckoo', sometimes translated as 'nightingale' Actually: Kokila is sometimes glossed as 'nightingale' in translation, but it specifically refers to the Indian koel, a cuckoo species prized in Sanskrit poetry for its song, not the unrelated nightingale.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Kokila
Phonetic: KOH-kee-luh IPA: /ˈkoːkɪlɑː/
Popularity of Kokila
Kokila doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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