Soumya

Soumya comes from the Sanskrit saumya, meaning gentle, mild, or pleasing, and in older usage also linked to the moon, Soma. It is a name given to either a son or a daughter in different Indian traditions, a graceful, diffuse word rather than a hard-edged one. Two unhurried syllables, SOW-mya, with a soft, semi-consonantal finish that asks to be spoken slowly. Used steadily across India, particularly in Bengali and southern households, it remains rare in English-speaking countries. Soumya is literally a word for a certain temperament, offered as a name.