Entry № 7352 · Sanskrit origin

Neelika Neelika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NEE-lee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Blue-hued / little blue"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "blue-hued / little blue".

Neelika is from the Sanskrit Nīlikā.

Blue-hued / little blue — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

नीलिका
Transliteration
Nīlikā
Pronunciation
/ ˈniː.li.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Neelika stands.

Neelika 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.

Neelikas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Krishna Nīla blue / Ajanta Bodhisattva
Sanskrit small-blue Indigo Indigofera tinctoria + Nīla Sanskrit blue Krishnas dark-blue skin + Bhagavad Gita 11:24 Vishvarupa + Ajanta Cave paintings blue-Bodhisattva + indigo-dye export
Hindu Krishna

Names connected to Neelika.

The number behind Neelika.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Neelika reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.