Entry № 7347 · Sanskrit origin

Neela Neela — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NEE-lah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Blue / sapphire"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "blue / sapphire".

Neela is from the Sanskrit Nīlā.

Blue / sapphire — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

नीला

Transliteration: Nīlā
Pronunciation: / ˈniː.lə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Neela stands.

Neela does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Neelas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Krishna Nila-Ghana-Shyamala / Shiva Nila-kantha Samudra Manthan / Nilagiri

Sanskrit blue sapphire dark + Nīla Sanskrit blue Krishnas dark-blue skin Nīla-Ghana-Śyāmala + Bhagavad Gita 11:24 Vishvarupa + Nīla-kaṇṭha blue-throated Shiva Halāhala-poison Samudra Manthan + Nīla-Mata Purāṇa Kashmir + Nīlagiri Nilgiri-Hills Ayyappa

Hindu Krishna + Shiva

Names connected to Neela.

Numerology

The number behind Neela.

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Neela reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.