Pramila

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Pramila is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 442K(measured from records)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 18Kas Parimala
  • NPNepal≈1 in 1.8K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Pramila itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nepal (inferred from the name graph)

≈17,000 people, est.

6 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
147 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Nepal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

PramilaLatin(measured from records)
ПрамилаCyrillic(measured from records)
ปรามิลาThai(measured from records)
ప్రమీలTelugu(measured from records)
ΠραμιλαGreek(measured from records)
პრამილაGeorgian(measured from records)

5 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Parimala in MY Malaysia, ID Indonesia, Promila in BD Bangladesh and Parmila in QA Qatar.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pramila counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Pramila is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NP Nepal—≈17,000 est.≈1 in 1.8K1Pramila44
LK Sri Lanka—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 10K—Pramila18
MY Malaysia—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 18K—Parimala27
ID Indonesia—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 166K—Parimala20
BD Bangladesh—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 117K—Promila11
US United States—7521 in 442K752Pramila135
QA Qatar—≈46 est.≈1 in 53K—Parmila4
BH Bahrain—≈38 est.≈1 in 40K—Pramila3
IN India#174——152Pramila147

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Pramila is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Pramīḷa, Pramiḷā, Pramīlā, Pramilā

  • Armenian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Պրամիլա

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Прамила

16 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Pramila Bisoyi, b. 1948Pramila Patten, b. 1958Pramila Jayapal, b. 1965Pramila Rijal, b. 1985

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Pramila
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaIndia Names Dataset — Andhra Pradesh Electoral Rolls (Internet Archive)—20K#314
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198312K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198511K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198211K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198411K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198111K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)197210K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198710K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)197910K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19749.9K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19769.9K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19759.9K—

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Pramila a male or female name?
Pramila is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Pramila have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 17 thousand people named Pramila in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pramila.
How common is the name Pramila?
In the United States, the national register counted 752 people named Pramila in 2020, about 1 in 442 thousand residents.
How common is Pramila compared with other names?
In India, Pramila is the 174th most common given name of 3,760,348 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pramila” — the 174th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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