MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nimain mean?
Nimai is the childhood name of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the bhakti teacher remembered in Bengal and Odisha. The traditional naming story connects it with a neem tree near his birth, giving the name a botanical as well as devotional association.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
निमाई
Conventional spelling
Odia
ନିମାଇଁ
Conventional spelling
Bengali
নিমাই
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nimain in Indian usage
7,996 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (83.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,321 records (16.5%).
- Recorded as male: 6,675 records (83.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 428 |
| 1950s | 1,014 |
| 1960s | 1,759 |
| 1970s | 1,970 |
| 1980s | 1,717 |
| 1990s | 890 |
| Other decades | 218 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 5,044 |
| Tripura | 1,484 |
| Assam | 1,091 |
| Other states | 377 |
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