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Nirmala name meaning

“pure; spotless”

Letters
7
Syllables
3
First letter
N
Origin
Sanskrit
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♀ Girl
  • Malayalam scriptനിർമ്മല
Peak 1970s: 6.5%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s6.5%
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: NMeaning puritySanskrit origin

Nirmala is a female name from Sanskrit meaning 'pure' or 'spotless'.

What does Nirmala mean?

Pure; spotless

In Malay: suci; tanpa noda

#Purity

Sources (2)

About the name Nirmala

Nirmala is the feminine form of Nirmal. In Sanskrit nirmala is an adjective meaning free of dirt or stain, bright, and in an ethical sense, morally good. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 1970s with 491 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginSanskrit
SyllablesNir-ma-la
First letterIndian Names starting with N
Malayalam scriptനിർമ്മല

Nirmala in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
Girl: 491 · 6.5%
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Nirmala as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: निर्मल · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Nirmala · behindthename.com · meaning

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