Entry № 7516 · Sanskrit origin

Nishi Nishi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NEE-shee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Night"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "night".

Nishi is from the Sanskrit Niśī.

Night — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

निशी
Transliteration
Niśī
Pronunciation
/ ˈniː.ʃi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nishi stands.

Nishi 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.

Nishis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Rigveda 10.127 Ratri Sukta / Kala-Ratri Navadurga / Bhagavad Gita 2:69
Sanskrit night + niś night + Rātri Sūkta Rigveda 10.127 Vedic-hymn to Night-Goddess Kuśika daughter Rātri + Devī Sūkta Rigveda 10.125 Vāk-hymn + Kāla-Rātri seventh of Navadurga Kali-form + Bhagavad Gita 2:69 yā niśā sarva-bhūtānāṃ tasyāṃ jāgarti saṃyamī
Vedic night

Names connected to Nishi.

The number behind Nishi.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nishi reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.