Pramila
It means "wise, intelligent", carried in from outside the Polish naming tradition, with no Polish source to trace it back through. Almost no one here holds it: most Poles have never met a Pramila.
Pramila Pronunciation
Pramila is pronounced prah-MEE-lah (/praˈmila/).
What Pramila means
Where Pramila comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Pramila comes from Sanskrit, and it means wise, intelligent. The name reads as a compound. The prefix pra- points forward, toward intellect, and the sense that gathers around it is one of a clear, quick mind. On a Polish class register it sits among the Zosias and Amelias as an obvious visitor from far away.
There is a documented bearer in the old texts. In the Sanskrit Mahabharata tradition, Pramila is a queen who rules a kingdom of women and later marries Arjuna. That story fixes the name early as something regal and self-possessed.
The name travels without diminutives here. It keeps no Polish nickname, no softened -ka or -sia ending, so a child called Pramila usually stays Pramila on the imieniny card and the urząd form alike. What the name offers a Polish family is its plain meaning. Wise. Intelligent. The origin is Sanskrit, and that is what the name carries into a new language.
How many people are named Pramila
1 in 1326108 women in Poland is named Pramila. 17 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #11202 among female names.