Nisha

A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning night.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nisha by the numbers

Nisha was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 105 babies in 1984, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Nishkanight, darkness, evening5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nisawoman; a proper name used in Islamic tradition10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Naisha46 in the US (2017)
  • Nysha23 in the US (2017)
  • Nissa14 in the US (2017)
  • Neisha6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nisha

Names that are said the same way as Nisha, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Other names that mean the night

Like Nisha, 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 Nisha

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