MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nirbhay mean?
Nirbhay joins the privative element nir with bhaya, fear. Sanskrit uses the whole adjective both for fearlessness and for being safe or free from danger.
Pronunciation
IAST: nirbhaya
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
निर्भय
Letter-by-letter: nirbhaya
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nirbhay in Indian usage
18,665 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 178 records (1%).
- Recorded as male: 18,487 records (99%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 431 |
| 1950s | 995 |
| 1960s | 2,085 |
| 1970s | 3,824 |
| 1980s | 5,812 |
| 1990s | 5,383 |
| Other decades | 135 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,782 |
| Bihar | 5,525 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,790 |
| Rajasthan | 2,126 |
| Jharkhand | 758 |
| Haryana | 260 |
| Delhi | 146 |
| Uttarakhand | 120 |
| Other states | 158 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Nirbhay / M | 6 | 3,256 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Nirbhay; Table_6, C3547 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Nirbhay; Table_6, C3547
- Monier-Williams, nirbhaya, p. 541,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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