Entry № 7513 · Sanskrit origin

Nisha Nisha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NEE-shah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Night"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "night".

Nisha (निशा) is the Sanskrit and Hindi word for "night." Used as a feminine name evoking the calm beauty of the night sky.

Nisha is widely used across India.

Night. The Sanskrit calm.

The name in its native script.

निशा
Transliteration
Niśā
Pronunciation
/ ˈniː.ʃə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nisha stands.

Nisha 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.

Nishas before her.

Real people
Nisha Pahuja
Indian-Canadian filmmaker.
born 1969
In fiction
Nisha
Common in Indian films.

Names connected to Nisha.

The number behind Nisha.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nisha reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.