Nilufar
given name · Latin script
Meaning: weibl. Vom. persisch-arabischer Her kunft (pers
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/niluɸar/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nilufar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Uzbekistan than in any other country, where it is the 62nd most common given name.
- UZUzbekistan≈1 in 167(inferred from the name graph)
- TJTajikistan≈1 in 770
- KGKyrgyzstan≈1 in 2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Nilufar itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Uzbekistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 139 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 167 (inferred from the name graph)
≈180,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Uzbekistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Нилуфар in RU Russia, UZ Uzbekistan, KZ Kazakhstan and 3 more and Niloofar in US United States, AF Afghanistan.
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)
weibl. Vom. persisch-arabischer Her kunft (pers. nilufar »Lotusblume«). Türk.
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nilufar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UZ Uzbekistan | #62 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 167 | listed | Нилуфар | 44 |
| TJ Tajikistan | #67 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 770 | listed | Нилуфар | 9 |
| RU Russia | #896 | ≈4,500 est. | ≈1 in 31K | #1,934 | Нилуфар | 102 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | #354 | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Нилуфар | 13 |
| AF Afghanistan | — | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 13K | 2 | Niloofar | 6 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | #938 | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 8.2K | 1.9K | Нилуфар | 28 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 4.7K | — | Нилуфар | 6 |
| US United States | — | 564 | 1 in 590K | 563 | Niloofar | 139 |
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: the uz-ismlarim register; Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Nilufar is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, water-lily
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nilofar Bakhtiarb. 1957PKnot in their usual namePakistani public official
- Niloofar Haerib. 1958IRnot in their usual nameIranian linguist
- Niloofar Beyzaieb. 1967IRnot in their usual nameIranian activist
- Niloofar Laripourb. 1970IRnot in their usual nameIranian poet
- Nilufar Khosh-Kholghb. 1972IRIranian actress
- Nilofar Bayatb. 1990AFnot in their usual nameAfghan lawyer and wheelchair basketball player
- Niloofar Hamedib. 1992IRnot in their usual nameIranian Journalist
- Nilufar Zokirovab. 1997UZUzbekistani sprint canoeist
- Nilufar Yakubbaevab. 2000UZUzbekistani chess player
- Nilofar SakhiAFnot in their usual nameAfghan activist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 31 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 563 | #18,954 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 5 | — |
| AF Afghanistan | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 2 | #114 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1 | #18,954 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | ismlarim.uz — Uzbek given names | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Nilufar?
- In the etymology graph, Nilofar is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Nilufar?
- A machine transcription gives /niluɸar/ (IPA) for Uzbek.
- Is Nilufar a male or female name?
- Nilufar is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Nilufar mean?
- Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom. persisch-arabischer Her kunft (pers.
- In which country does Nilufar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 183 thousand people named Nilufar in Uzbekistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled нилуфар.
- How common is the name Nilufar?
- In the United States, the national register counted 564 people named Nilufar in 2020, about 1 in 590 thousand residents.
- How common is Nilufar compared with other names?
- In Uzbekistan, Nilufar is the 62nd most common given name of 68,060 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Nilufar?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nilufarThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Nilufar” — the 62nd most common given name in Uzbekistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.