Nyima
A girls’ name of Tibetan origin, meaning sun.
Nyima by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Nyima. In the US, 11 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 45 babies in 2006, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nyima. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Nyima
Names that are said the same way as Nyima, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the sun
Like Nyima, each of these has the sun in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sunnybright or cheerful like the sun69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marisolsea and sun250 in the US (2017)
- Eleanorabright light or sun ray; a form of Eleanor42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Solsun49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Soleilsun133 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nyima
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