Indian Names · Girl
Niharika name meaning
“nebula”
- Letters
- 8
- Syllables
- 4●●●●
- First letter
- N
- Origin
- Sanskrit · Hindi
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
- Devanagari scriptनिहारिका
Niharika is a girl's name from Sanskrit meaning 'nebula'.
What does Niharika mean?
About the name Niharika
Niharika is a girl's name that comes from niharika, the word for a 'nebula' in astronomy, formed from nīhār with the suffix -ikā. The original script form is निहारिका.
| Gender | ♀ Girl |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Syllables | Ni-ha-ri-ka |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with N |
| Devanagari script | निहारिका |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: निहारिका · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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- Arundhati♀Not restrained (the usual gloss)
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- Karthika♀The Pleiades constellation
- Krittika♀The Pleiades
- Naheed♀The planet Venus
- Najma♀Star
- Revati♀Wealthy
- Rohini♀The red one
- Sharvari♀Night
- Swati♀The star Arcturus
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