Nilaratna

surname · Latin script

Meaning: blue gem. sapphire

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Nilaratna is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in India.

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

blue gem. sapphire.

Sources 1

  • The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nilaratna counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Nilaratna is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spelling
IN India—1—

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Nilaratna is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Nīlaratna

9 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Nilaratna under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Nilaratna mean, and where does it come from?
blue gem. sapphire. Recorded by The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys.
In which country does Nilaratna have the most bearers?
Nilaratna is most frequently recorded in India.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nilaratna”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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