MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nilima mean?
Nīliman is the Sanskrit abstract noun for blueness, with nīlimā as its familiar form. Nilima turns the colour of a clear sky or deep blue expanse into a feminine name.
Pronunciation
IAST: nīlimā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नीलिमा
Letter-by-letter: nīlimā
Conventional spelling
Bengali
নীলিমা
Conventional spelling
Odia
ନୀଳିମା
Conventional spelling
Bengali
নিলিমা
4,222 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nilima in Indian usage
12,634 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 601 |
| 1960s | 1,514 |
| 1970s | 2,967 |
| 1980s | 4,011 |
| 1990s | 3,300 |
| Other decades | 241 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 4,269 |
| Assam | 4,030 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,110 |
| Jharkhand | 878 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 637 |
| Tripura | 477 |
| Bihar | 450 |
| Rajasthan | 415 |
| Uttarakhand | 140 |
| Maharashtra | 119 |
| Other states | 109 |
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, nīliman, p. 567,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.