Entry № 7517 · Sanskrit origin

Nishika Nishika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NEE-shee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Little night / darkness"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "little night / darkness".

Nishika is from the Sanskrit Niśikā.

Little night / darkness — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

निशिका
Transliteration
Niśikā
Pronunciation
/ ˈniː.ʃi.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nishika stands.

Nishika 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.

Nishikas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ratri Sukta Rigveda 10.127 / Kala-Ratri 7th Navadurga / Shivaratri Phalguna Jagarana / Krishna-Janmashtami Bhadrapada / Bhagavad Gita 2:69
Sanskrit small-night night-related + niśā night + Niśā Kāla-divisions + Rātri Sūkta Rigveda 10.127 Night-Goddess-hymn 8-verse + Kāla-Rātri Nava-Durga Kali-form + Śiva-Rātri Phalguna-Krishna-Chaturdashi Jāgaraṇa + Kṛṣṇa-Janmāṣṭamī midnight-birth Bhadrapada-Krishna-Ashtami + Bhagavad Gita 2:69 yā niśā sarva-bhūtānāṃ tasyāṃ jāgarti saṃyamī
Vedic Nishi

Names connected to Nishika.

The number behind Nishika.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nishika reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.