Nilufer
A girls’ name of Persian origin, meaning water lily; blue lotus flower.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Nilufer by the numbers
Nilufer was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that mean blue
Like Nilufer, each of these has blue in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Indigoindigo dye; deep blue color82 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sapphireprecious blue gemstone; from sappheiros60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saphirasapphire; precious blue stone; a form of Sapphira141 in the US (2017)
- Niladark blue; indigo64 in England and Wales (2025)
- Azulblue116 in the US (2017)
- Neelblue, sapphire115 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a lily
Like Nilufer, each of these has a lily in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
- Lillylily flower; variant of Lily382 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lillianalily; pure flower; a form of Lillian1,108 in the US (2017)
- Lilianlily flower; form of Lily506 in the US (2017)
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