Nikitha
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning night, darkness; variant spelling of nikhita.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Nikitha by the numbers
Nikitha was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 2009, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nikitha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Nikitha, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the night
Like Nikitha, each of these has the night in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Nikitha
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