Entry № 7477 · Persian origin

Niloofar Niloofar — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nee-LOO-far /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Lotus, water lily"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Persian)

A name that means "lotus, water lily".

Niloofar (نیلوفر) is the Persian word for "lotus" or "water lily" — a flower of profound symbolism in Persian poetry and culture, representing purity rising from murky waters.

Niloofar is widely used in modern Iran.

Lotus. The Persian poetic flower.

The name in its native script.

نیلوفر
Transliteration
Nilūfar
Pronunciation
/ niːˈluː.fɑːr /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Niloofar stands.

Niloofar 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.

Niloofars before her.

Real people
Niloofar Rahmani
First female pilot of the Afghan Air Force.
born 1992
In fiction
Niloofar
Common in Persian poetry.

Names connected to Niloofar.

The number behind Niloofar.

9

The Giver

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