Sharmila

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| gender = Female

| meaning = "shy" "comfort"
"joy"
"protection" "happiness"

| region = India

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| related names = Sarmila, Sharmiela

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Sharmila (Hindi : शर्मिला) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian popular feminine given name, which means "comfort", "joy" and"protection".

Notable people named Sharmila

Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Sri Lankan-American physician
Sharmila Bhattacharya (born 1964), American-Nigerian doctor and NASA scientist
Sharmila Biswas (born 1962), Indian dancer and choreographer
Sharmila Chakraborty (born 1961), Indian cricketer
Sharmila Devar (born 1977), American actress
Sharmila Farooqi (born 1978), Pakistani politician
Sharmila M. Mukhopadhyay, Indian professor of material science
Sharmila Nicollet (born 1991), French-Indian golfer
Sharmila Rege (1964–2013), Indian sociologist, feminist and writer
Irom Chanu Sharmila (born 1972), Indian poet, political and civil rights activist
Sharmila Tagore (born 1944), Indian actress
Y. S. Sharmila (born 1973), Indian politician