Soumitra

/SH-OW-M-IH-T-R-AA/

Boy Hindu Bengali origin BangladeshiIndian

Good friend, a culturally strong Bengali masculine name

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MeaningThe Love cluster
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Meaning & origin

Yes — Soumitra is a Hindu boy name of Bengali origin, meaning “Good friend, a culturally strong Bengali masculine name”.

Soumitra is a boy's name of Bengali origin, traditionally used in Hindu families. The name means "Good friend, a culturally strong Bengali masculine name" and belongs to the Love cluster — names for children loved deeply before they arrive.

Common among Bangladeshi, Indian, Bengali families, Soumitra carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Soumitra's nakshatra & rashi

In Hindu tradition, a baby's name is chosen to harmonise with their nakshatra (birth star) and rashi (moon sign) — most often through an auspicious first syllable. Soumitra opens with “So”. Whether that's auspicious for your baby depends on their exact date, time and place of birth.

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What does Soumitra's numerology say?

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Soumitra resonates in either tradition.

Pythagorean
8
material mastery and executive power
Chaldean
1
leadership and pioneering spirit

Soumitra's destiny number is 8 — but a number only matters in context. The app matches it to your family's own numbers for a real compatibility read. See Soumitra's full reading →

Does Soumitra go with your family's names?

Soumitra breaks into 7 sounds: /SH-OW-M-IH-T-R-AA/. The real test isn't how it sounds alone — it's how it sounds beside the names already in your family: yours, your partner's, and any brothers or sisters. NameRoot scores that harmony, so Soumitra sits naturally next to a Mum and Dad like Michael & Anna, or a big sister named Gianna — no awkward clashes, no two names that blur together. Hear Soumitra beside your family's names →

Nicknames

Common affectionate forms of Soumitra — useful for everyday family conversation, early childhood, or as standalone given names themselves.

SoumiSoum

Names similar to Soumitra

If Soumitra resonates with you, these names live in the same world — drawn from the same tradition, sharing the same meaning, or echoing a similar sound.

From the same tradition

Other Hindu boy names, common in Bangladeshi families

Aarav
From Sanskrit 'arava' (peaceful, calm) or 'rav' (sound, musical note).
Vivaan
Full of life, possessing radiance, from Sanskrit vivān, combining the intensifier vi- with vā (to blow, to breathe). The name evokes the first rays of the morning sun and a vital, breathing energy, casting the bearer as one filled with luminous vitality and the quickening force of dawn.
Vihaan
From Sanskrit vihana (dawn, morning, the early hours).
Aditya
Son of Aditi, belonging to the sun, from Sanskrit, where the Adityas are the solar deities born of the boundless mother Aditi. In ordinary speech the name stands directly for Surya, the sun, making it a bright emblem of light, warmth, and celestial radiance in Hindu tradition.

Sharing the same meaning

Other Hindu boy names from the Love cluster

Krishna
The dark one, the all-attractive — Krishna is the butter-stealing child of Yashoda, the flute-playing lover of Radha, and the charioteer who spoke the Bhagavad Gita's eternal truths. His dark-blue skin holds the colour of rain clouds heavy with monsoon promise, and his name is a universe of love, play, wisdom, and protection
Hrithvik
From the heart, heartfelt, joyful — one who acts from genuine feeling. Every decision flows from the heart's truth.
Hridyansh
A piece of the heart, the fragment of a parent's soul that walks outside their body — Hridyansh combines 'hridaya' (heart) with 'ansh' (part), naming a child as a literal portion of the parents' own heart given a separate body

Names that sound similar

Hindu boy names that open with the same syllables as Soumitra

Shaurya
Valour, heroic courage, the bravery that charges forward without calculating the odds — Shaurya is the martial virtue most celebrated in the Rajput, Maratha, and Sikh warrior traditions, the quality that makes a soldier advance when retreat would be rational
Shivansh
A part of Shiva, a fragment of the cosmic destroyer-regenerator dwelling in mortal form — Shivansh names a child as a portion of Shiva himself, the same theological claim that Devansh makes for the divine but directed specifically at the most paradoxical member of the Trimurti
Sagnik
Fiery, passionate, one who has fire — the internal flame of determination and creative energy. A modern Bengali name gaining national traction.

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Common questions about Soumitra

What does the name Soumitra mean?

Soumitra means "Good friend, a culturally strong Bengali masculine name." It is a boy name of Bengali origin, traditionally used in Hindu families.

Is Soumitra a boy or girl name?

Soumitra is most commonly used as a boy name.

What is the origin of the name Soumitra?

Soumitra is of Bengali origin, used in Hindu tradition, commonly among Bangladeshi, Indian, Bengali families.

Is Soumitra a Hindu name?

Yes. Soumitra is a boy name traditionally used in Hindu families, of Bengali origin.

What does Soumitra mean in Bengali?

Soumitra originates from Bengali, where it means "Good friend, a culturally strong Bengali masculine name."

What are common nicknames for Soumitra?

Common short forms of Soumitra include Soumi, Soum.

What is the numerology of Soumitra?

Soumitra has a Pythagorean destiny number of 8 — material mastery and executive power.

What is Soumitra's rashi and nakshatra?

By its first syllable "So", Soumitra falls under the Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra and Kumbha (Aquarius) rashi — its naam-rashi, or name-based moon sign. (A baby's birth nakshatra comes from their date and time of birth; NameRoot matches the two.)

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