Nihaan
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning night.
Nihaan by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Nihaan. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nihaan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Nihaan
Names that are said the same way as Nihaan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Nyan6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the night
Like Nihaan, each of these has the night in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Samircompanion in evening conversation333 in the US (2017)
- Samarevening conversation or gathering18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Noxnight26 in the US (2017)
- Noctisof the night17 in the US (2017)
- Nyxnight personified as goddess4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mirajnight journey; ascension in Islamic tradition6 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Nihaan
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