MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nilesh mean?
Nilesh has the conventional Sanskrit-style interpretation nīla plus īśa. Nīla denotes a dark blue colour, and īśa is a lord or master.
Pronunciation
IAST: nileśa
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नीलेश
Letter-by-letter: nileśa
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
निलेश
Letter-by-letter: nileśa
36,578 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nilesh in Indian usage
77,582 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (93.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 4,810 records (6.2%).
- Recorded as male: 72,772 records (93.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,229 |
| 1970s | 8,960 |
| 1980s | 28,344 |
| 1990s | 38,822 |
| Other decades | 227 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 37,428 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 17,896 |
| Bihar | 9,621 |
| Rajasthan | 5,743 |
| Jharkhand | 2,184 |
| Goa | 2,036 |
| Maharashtra | 900 |
| Haryana | 440 |
| Delhi | 287 |
| Uttarakhand | 226 |
| Punjab | 147 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 139 |
| Other states | 535 |
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
- Behind the Name: Nilesh ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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