Nishka
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning night, darkness, evening.
Nishka by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Nishka. In the US, 20 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 46 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nishka. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nishanight13 in the US (2017)
- Nishikanight; darkness4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nithyaeternal, perpetual, constant32 in the US (2017)
- Nishthadedication; devotion11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nitikapolicy, wisdom; a form of niti5 in the US (2017)
- Nashwaexhilaration, elation3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Nishka, 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 Nishka, each of these has the night in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Nishka
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