Entry № 7519 · Sanskrit origin

Nishitha Nishitha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nee-SHEE-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Midnight / deep night"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "midnight / deep night".

Nishitha is from the Sanskrit Niśīthā.

Midnight / deep night — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

निशीथा
Transliteration
Niśīthā
Pronunciation
/ niːˈʃiː.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nishitha stands.

Nishitha 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.

Nishithas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Krishna-Janmashtami midnight / Shivaratri Kala-Bhairava / Bhagavata Purana Book 10
Sanskrit midnight deep-night + niśīta midnight + Niśītha-kāla sacred to Kali + Shiva Tantric + Kṛṣṇa-Janmāṣṭamī midnight-birth Bhadrapada-Krishna-Ashtami + Bhagavata Purana Book 10 + Śiva-Ratri Great-Night-of-Shiva Phalguna-Krishna-Chaturdashi + Kāla-Bhairava midnight Shiva
Krishna + Shiva

Names connected to Nishitha.

The number behind Nishitha.

7

The Seeker

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