MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nirmal mean?
The prefix nir joins mala, impurity, in Sanskrit nirmala, free from stains. Nirmala is the feminine name in this same word family.
Pronunciation
IAST: nirmala
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
निर्मल
Letter-by-letter: nirmala
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਨਿਰਮਲ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
निरमल
Letter-by-letter: niramala
984 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nirmal in Indian usage
218,846 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: 64,471 records (29.5%).
- Recorded as male: 154,375 records (70.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 641 |
| 1930s | 3,200 |
| 1940s | 11,271 |
| 1950s | 24,575 |
| 1960s | 41,071 |
| 1970s | 49,888 |
| 1980s | 54,354 |
| 1990s | 33,717 |
| Other decades | 129 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 72,976 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 26,179 |
| Maharashtra | 21,585 |
| Bihar | 21,393 |
| Jharkhand | 17,334 |
| Haryana | 16,908 |
| Rajasthan | 12,438 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 8,930 |
| Tripura | 4,664 |
| Assam | 3,932 |
| Uttarakhand | 3,350 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,745 |
| Kerala | 1,311 |
| Chandigarh | 1,057 |
| Gujarat | 994 |
| Delhi | 881 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 562 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 394 |
| Meghalaya | 282 |
| Sikkim | 243 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 175 |
| Puducherry | 133 |
| Other states | 380 |
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, nirmala, p. 541,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.