Nimisha

A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning night, nocturnal.

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

Nimisha by the numbers

Nimisha was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nimisha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Nivisha3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nishanight13 in the US (2017)
  • Nikithanight, darkness; variant spelling of nikhita5 in the US (2017)
  • Naisha46 in the US (2017)
  • Neisha6 in the US (2017)
  • Nakisha

Other names that mean the night

Like Nimisha, each of these has the night in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
  • Lylanight751 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lailanight1,735 in the US (2017)
  • Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
  • Lilahnight; a form of leila or lilith464 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lilithof the night, spirit of night120 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Nimisha

RomillyInayatAnayatGursanjhElaiaHeliaSafiyyaAafiyah

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