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Nila

Nila: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“dark blue”
Origin
Sanskrit
Say it
NEE-luh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

From Sanskrit nīla, meaning 'dark blue' or 'sapphire-colored'. It also occurs in South Asian languages as a given name.

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How popular is Nila?

202437.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Nila in 2024122

2024 rank#1,670 girls

Peak year1935

Total US babies since 18807,019

Nila has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Nila

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Aryanoble; honorable · Sanskrit
  • Kalithe black one · Sanskrit
  • Alayadwelling, abode · Sanskrit
  • Opalgem; precious stone · Sanskrit
  • Ariyanoble · Sanskrit
  • Vedaknowledge · Sanskrit
  • Tarastar · Sanskrit
  • Anikagrace · Sanskrit

Nila questions

What does the name Nila mean?

Nila means "dark blue". It comes from Sanskrit. From Sanskrit nīla, meaning 'dark blue' or 'sapphire-colored'. It also occurs in South Asian languages as a given name.

Is Nila a boy or girl name?

Nila is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Nila?

122 US babies were named Nila in 2024. Its peak year was 1935.

How do you pronounce Nila?

Nila is usually pronounced NEE-luh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.