MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nehal mean?
Nehal represents Nihal, the Persian word for a young tree or sapling and the Urdu adjective for happy or flourishing. The plant image and the favourable human sense share the idea of growth and thriving.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
निहाल
Conventional spelling
Arabic
نہال
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नेहाल
3,951 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nehal in Indian usage
4,665 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 169 records (3.6%).
- Recorded as male: 4,496 records (96.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 216 |
| 1960s | 583 |
| 1970s | 884 |
| 1980s | 1,282 |
| 1990s | 1,566 |
| Other decades | 134 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 2,163 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,677 |
| Jharkhand | 519 |
| Maharashtra | 125 |
| Other states | 181 |
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