MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nisa mean?
Arabic nisāʾ is the plural noun for women. In Indian naming, a form related to Sanskrit niśā instead conveys night.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Arabic
نساء
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
निसा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nisa in Indian usage
375,189 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 372,317 records (99.2%).
- Recorded as male: 2,872 records (0.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 648 |
| 1940s | 1,555 |
| 1950s | 4,986 |
| 1960s | 19,011 |
| 1970s | 50,064 |
| 1980s | 136,608 |
| 1990s | 161,980 |
| Other decades | 337 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 154,414 |
| Bihar | 55,201 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 42,370 |
| Rajasthan | 29,161 |
| Haryana | 28,158 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 19,228 |
| Punjab | 17,993 |
| Jharkhand | 12,126 |
| Uttarakhand | 8,089 |
| Odisha | 3,062 |
| Kerala | 1,622 |
| Chandigarh | 1,489 |
| Maharashtra | 724 |
| Assam | 700 |
| Tripura | 380 |
| Manipur | 255 |
| Other states | 217 |
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 | Nisa / F | 10 | 2,605 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wiktionary): Nisa ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- 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 Nisa; Table_6, C2731 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Nisa; Table_6, C2731
- Wiktionary: نساء (nisāʾ) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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