MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nilamani mean?
A sapphire is called nilamani in Sanskrit, combining nila, blue, with mani, jewel. Odia retains the whole compound as a personal name, carrying the image of a precious blue stone.
Pronunciation
IAST: nīlamaṇi
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ନୀଳମଣି
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नीलमणि
Letter-by-letter: nīlamaṇi
Conventional spelling
Odia
ନିଳମଣି
5,175 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nilamani in Indian usage
6,612 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 2,268 records (34.3%).
- Recorded as male: 4,344 records (65.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 616 |
| 1950s | 1,218 |
| 1960s | 1,339 |
| 1970s | 1,569 |
| 1980s | 1,024 |
| 1990s | 412 |
| Other decades | 434 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 5,658 |
| Jharkhand | 481 |
| Assam | 268 |
| Bihar | 101 |
| Other states | 104 |
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, nīlamaṇi, p. 566,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.