Soumya

Soumya (सौम्य), is an Indian name. It is unisexual in nature and is more common as a masculine name in East India and as a feminine name in South and North India. It can also be spelled as Saumya, Sowmya or Somya in South and North India. In West Bengal, it is predominantly a masculine name and spelled as Soumo, Saumya, Soumya,Somya or Soumyo.

The name has various meanings.

Soumya means 'Birth of Som'. Som (सोम) is Chandra (चन्द्र). Soumya is the son of Chandra and therefore means Budh (बुध) which is a Sanskrit word that connotes the planet Mercury (planet).

Other meanings of Saumya
Soumya also means Shubhagrahas or benefics as opposed to Papagrahas or malefic.

Creatures subsisting on leaves & fruits are known as Soumya (benefic), according to The Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāha Mihira.

The third year of the ninth Yuga is known as Soumya. According to The Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāha Mihira, mankind will be happy during the ‘Soumya’ year.

In Kannada, Soumya means "The Regent of Mercury and son of the Moon.

In সৌম্য means a mentally calm or placid or balanced; beautiful, majestic, dignified, unruffled.

Soumya is among the "Shiva Sahasranama" – 1008 Names of Lord Shiva in Shiva Sahasranama Stotram Shiva Purana, Kotirudra Samhita (Book IV), Chapter 35, 1-133.

Soumya is one of the nine regions of Bharatavarsha according to the Brahma Purana. The names of eight of these regions are Indradvipa, Kaserumana, Tamraparna, Gabhastimana, Nagadvipa, Soumya, Gandharva and Varuna.

Soumya is one of the Vasara (days of the week) Wednesday: Soumya Vasara

Notable people with this name

 * Soumya Sankar Bose (born 1990), Indian Artist and Photographer
 * Soumya Bhattacharya (born 1969), Indian journalist and author
 * Soumya Raychaudhuri (born 1975), American scientist
 * Soumya Ranjan Patnaik (born 1952), founder and editor of Oriya daily Sambad
 * Soumya Swaminathan (born 1959), Indian paediatrician
 * Soumya Swaminathan (born 1989), Indian Chess player
 * Soumya Sarkar (born 1993), Bangladeshi cricketer (previously named Soumya Shanto Sarkar)
 * S. Sowmya (born 1969), Carnatic musician from Tamilnadu, India