Nishika
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning night; darkness.
Nishika by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Nishika. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nishika. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Nishika, 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 Nishika, each of these has the night in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Nishika
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