MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nisha mean?
Niśā is a Sanskrit word used for night in poetry. The name belongs with Rajani and Yamini in the nocturnal name tradition.
Pronunciation
IAST: niśā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
निशा
Letter-by-letter: niśā
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नीशा
Letter-by-letter: nīśā
28,017 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nisha in Indian usage
44,420 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 44,277 records (99.7%).
- Recorded as male: 143 records (0.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,171 |
| 1970s | 10,850 |
| 1980s | 25,317 |
| 1990s | 6,781 |
| Other decades | 301 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 36,140 |
| Delhi | 5,635 |
| Goa | 1,094 |
| Meghalaya | 432 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 258 |
| Puducherry | 235 |
| Sikkim | 209 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 114 |
| Other states | 303 |
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.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Nisha ↗ (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
- Monier-Williams, niśā, p. 560,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: निशा ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Behind the Name: Nisha ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.