Gender Masculine Usage Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali Scripts सुनील (Hindi, Marathi), সুনীল (Bengali, Assamese), સુનીલ (Gujarati), ਸੁਨੀਲ (Gurmukhi), సునీల్ (Telugu), சுனில் (Tamil), ಸುನಿಲ್ (Kannada), സുനിൽ (Malayalam), सुनिल, सुनील (Nepali) Meaning & History From Sanskrit सु (su) meaning "good, very" combined with नील (nila) meaning "dark blue".