Entry № 7494 · Sumerian origin

Ninlil Ninlil — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NIN-lil /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sumerian
Meaning
"Lady of the wind"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sumerian)

A name that means "lady of the wind".

Ninlil (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆤) was the Sumerian goddess of the air — wife of Enlil, the chief Sumerian god. Her name means "lady of the wind" (nin = lady, lil = wind).

Ninlil is rare but distinctive.

Lady of the wind. The Sumerian Enlil's wife.

The name in its native script.

𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆤
Transliteration
Ninlil
Pronunciation
/ ˈnɪn.lɪl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ninlil stands.

Ninlil 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.

Ninlils before her.

Real people
Ninlil
Sumerian goddess.
In fiction
Ninlil
Sumerian air goddess.
Sumerian mythology

Names connected to Ninlil.

The number behind Ninlil.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ninlil reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.