Nilmini

Meaning

blue gem, sapphire (Sinhala nil, blue, plus mini, gem, from Sanskrit mani); a name that points straight at Sri Lanka's famous sapphires, on the island the old texts called Ratnadipa, the island of gems

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Nilmini has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Names that fit alongside Nilmini

Malini Sriyani Nayana Sraboni Kumari Chamari

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