MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Neelima mean?
Nilima is the Sanskrit abstract noun for blueness or a dark-blue hue. Its formation from nila gives the personal name the colour of a clear sky or deep water as a poetic association.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Telugu
నీలిమ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नीलिमा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Neelima in Indian usage
8,848 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 349 |
| 1970s | 1,155 |
| 1980s | 3,369 |
| 1990s | 3,744 |
| Other decades | 231 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 6,360 |
| Goa | 951 |
| Kerala | 612 |
| Meghalaya | 319 |
| Delhi | 182 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 180 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 103 |
| Other states | 141 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, nīliman, p. 567,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.