Nisha is a girl's name of Indian origin meaning “night.” In 2024 it was given to 18 girls in the United States.
Nisha belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “night” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Nisha first appears in Social Security records in 1961. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1243 in 1984, and in 2024 18 babies received the name — 2,979 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Nisha means “night” in its Indian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Nisha is a girl name. In 2024, 18 babies received the name in the US.
Nisha comes from the Hindu & Indian tradition.
Nisha first appears in US records in 1961. Its best-ever ranking was #1243 in 1984, and 18 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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