MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nihar mean?
Sanskrit nīhāra denotes mist, heavy dew or frost. Nihar brings this early-morning natural image into personal naming, including Odia usage.
Pronunciation
IAST: nīhāra
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नीहार
Letter-by-letter: nīhāra
Conventional spelling
Odia
ନିହାର
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nihar in Indian usage
13,203 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (94.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 683 records (5.2%).
- Recorded as male: 12,520 records (94.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 235 |
| 1970s | 615 |
| 1980s | 11,332 |
| 1990s | 909 |
| Other decades | 112 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 13,203 |
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, nīhāra, p. 565,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.