MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nilama mean?
Nilama belongs to the Nilam group of feminine names based on the blue sapphire. Its root nila denotes blue in Sanskrit, connecting the gem name with colour.
Meaning themes
gems
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नीलमा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nilama in Indian usage
5,102 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 4,961 records (97.2%).
- Recorded as male: 141 records (2.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 666 |
| 1970s | 1,504 |
| 1980s | 1,690 |
| 1990s | 1,014 |
| Other decades | 228 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,386 |
| Odisha | 862 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 773 |
| Karnataka | 272 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 255 |
| Bihar | 240 |
| Other states | 314 |
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, nīla, p. 566,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.