Entry № 7471 · Burmese origin

Nilar Nilar — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nee-LAR /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Burmese
Meaning
"Pearl, ruby"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Burmese)

A name that means "pearl, ruby".

Nilar (နီလာ) is a Burmese name meaning "pearl" or "ruby." Burma (Myanmar) is famous for its rubies — particularly the deep red "pigeon's blood" rubies from the Mogok valley.

Nilar is widely used in Myanmar.

Pearl. The Burmese gem.

The name in its native script.

နီလာ
Transliteration
Nilar
Pronunciation
/ niːˈlɑːr /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nilar stands.

Nilar does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Nilars before her.

Real people

In fiction
Nilar
Common in Burmese fiction.

Names connected to Nilar.

The number behind Nilar.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nilar reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.