Sonal is a given Indian name originating from the Hindu religion. It is a unisex name often nicknamed as “Sona” and means "curious", "golden", or “precious” in
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
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Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
**Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...
, and
Gujarati. A similar name is
Sonali. It is also a name used in Sri Lanka. People with the name "Sonal" include:
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Sonal Chauhan (born 1989), Indian actress
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Sonal Giani, Indian LGBTQ rightds activist
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Sonal Mansingh (born 1944), Indian dancer
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Sonal Shah (actress) (born 1980), Indian-American actress
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Sonal Shah (economist) (born 1968), American economist
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Sonal Sehgal
Sonal Sehgal (born 13 July 1981) is an Indian actress who debuted on the silver screen with the critically acclaimed ''Aashayein (film)'' directed by the national award-winning director Nagesh Kukunoor where she was cast opposite John Abraham ...
(born 1981), Indian actress
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Sonal Vengurlekar (born 1993), Indian actress
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Indian given names