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 ...
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Gujarati
Gujarati may refer to:
* something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India
* Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat
* Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
* Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...
. A similar name is
Sonali Sonali is a popular Indian female given name.
Persons
* Sonali Bendre (born 1975), Indian actress
* Shonali Bose (born 1965), Indian filmmaker
* Shonali Bhowmik (born 20th century), Indian-American musician
* Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee, Indian ...
. It is also a name used in Sri Lanka. People with the name "Sonal" include:
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Sonal Chauhan
Sonal Chauhan (born 16 May 1985/1987) is an Indian actress, singer, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She predominantly works in Telugu and Hindi films.
She won the title of Femina Miss India in 2005 and Miss World Tourism in 2005.
She m ...
(born 1989), Indian actress
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Sonal Giani
Sonal Giani is an Indian LGBTQ activist and actress. Known for her advocacy and youth work, she focuses on the social impact of India's anti-LGBTQ law, Section 377. She is the co-founder of LGBTQ youth initiatives ''Yaariyan'' and ''Umangin''.
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, Indian LGBTQ rightds activist
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Sonal Mansingh
Sonal Mansingh (born 30 April 1944) is an Indian classical dancer and Guru in Bharatanatyam and Odissi dancing style. She has been nominated by the President of India to become a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. She is the recipient of Padm ...
(born 1944), Indian dancer
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Sonal Shah (actress)
Sonal Shah is an American actress and voice artist who may be best known for her recurring role as Dr. Sonja "Sunny" Dey on the series ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''.
Early life and education
Shah was born and raised in Wheaton, Illinois. H ...
(born 1980), Indian-American actress
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Sonal Shah (economist)
Sonal R. Shah (born May 20, 1968) is an American economist and public official. She is the CEO of ''The Texas Tribune'', a politics and public policy-specific nonprofit news organization headquartered in Austin, Texas. Shah served as the Nation ...
(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
Sonal Vengurlekar is an Indian television actress who appears in Hindi television. She is known for playing Devyani Shastri in ''Shastri Sisters'' (2014–2015), Survi Barve and Khushi Dharmadhikari in '' Yeh Vaada Raha'' (2015–2017), Mandira ...
(born 1993), Indian actress
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