77%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Tamil, Hindi, Indonesian, Burmese Scripts நீலா(Tamil) नीला(Hindi) နီလာ(Burmese) Pronounced Pron. /nì.là/(Burmese) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Sanskrit नील (nīla) meaning "dark blue". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootnīlaVariantsNeela(Tamil) Neela, Neelam, Neelima, Nilam, Nilima(Hindi) Nilar(Burmese) Other Languages & CulturesNeelam, Neelima, Nilam, Nilima(Marathi) Neelima, Nilima(Telugu) User SubmissionsNila, Nilá PopularityDetails Last ranked #820 in 1930 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #865 in 2023 England and Wales Last ranked #374 in 2024 Netherlands Last ranked #954 in 1953 United States People think this name isRate·Details youthful natural wholesome refined strange Categories blue, colors, Critical Role characters, currently out of the US top 1000, gemstones, human Sesame Street characters, isograms, nature, night