Entry № 7475 · Sanskrit origin

Nilini Nilini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Blue lotus"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "blue lotus".

Nilini is from the Sanskrit Nīlinī.

Blue lotus — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

नीलिनी
Transliteration
Nīlinī
Pronunciation
/ ˈniː.li.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nilini stands.

Nilini 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.

Nilinis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Indus Valley indigo / Hindu blue-lotus
Sanskrit blue lotus indigo plant + nīla blue + Indigofera tinctoria + Indus Valley Civilization indigo-cultivation + Indian indigo trade with Mediterranean + Roman empires
Indian textile

Names connected to Nilini.

The number behind Nilini.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nilini reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.