Sendhil as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sendhil

What is the meaning of the name Sendhil ?

The baby name Sendhil is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SEN-dhil.

Sendhil is Tamil in Origin.

Sendhil is a Tamil masculine name, more accurately a spelling variant of Senthil than a Sanskrit formation. Its earliest identifiable form is Tamil செந்தில், transliterated Centil or Senthil, an old epithet of Murugan in Tamil devotional usage. The first element செந் cen is the sandhi form of செம் cem, red, fine, auspicious; the whole name is commonly interpreted as the red one or as a lexicalized divine name for Murugan.

Usage belongs especially to Tamil Hindu communities in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, and the diaspora. Murugan, also called Skanda, Subrahmanya, and Karthikeya in wider Indic traditions, is central to Tamil temple culture; Senthil is linked with his cult titles and with Tiruchendur, one of the six sacred abodes. Sendhil reflects an English spelling habit that uses dh for Tamil த. Senthil is the more common romanization, while Centil represents scholarly Tamil transliteration.