Nigar

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Negar in US United States, IR Iran, AU Australia and 5 more, Нигяр in RU Russia, Нигар in KZ Kazakhstan and Нігар in UA Ukraine.

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

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Nigar is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name47K records spelled Nigar13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Türkiye

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bangla

  Also written Niğar, Nigār, Ñigar, Ñîgär

• Indonesian given name1.3K records spelled Nigar3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye, Azerbaijan

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Niğar

• a separate given name857 records spelled Nigar4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Türkiye, Azerbaijan

  Also written Nigār, Niġar, Nigâr

• French given name747 records spelled Nigar4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Belgium

  Also written Nigàr, Nigâr

• Spanish given name737 records spelled Nigar8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Azerbaijan, United States, India

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Niğar, Nigàr, Nigâr

• Norwegian Bokmål given name406 records spelled Nigar14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Türkiye

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Negar, Niğar

• Kazakh given name331 records spelled Nigar6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Türkiye

  Languages: Kazakh, Kyrgyz

  Also written Нигар

31 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.

Other recorded senses●

Nigar is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Welsh, nigger (slur for a black person)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In rgn, black

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Arabic, picture, portrait, beauty, sweetheart

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, picture, portrait, sweetheart

  as a name·A 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.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 80 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nigâr Hanımb. 1856TROttoman poet of Hungarian origin (1862–1918)
• Nigar Shikhlinskayab. 1871GEthe first Azerbaijani nurse of the Red Cross (1878–1931)
• Nigar Rafibeylib. 1913AZAzerbaijani poet
• Nigar Sultanab. 1932INIndian actress
• Nigar Nazarb. 1953PKPakistani artist
• Nigar Valiyevab. 1971AZAzerbaijani linguist
• Nigar Gözälovab. 1978AZAzerbaijani historian
• Nigar Arpadaraib. 1982AZAzerbaijani politician
• Nigar JoharPKPakistan Military Officer
• Nigar RefioğluTRdaughter of Ismail Gaspıralı

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 205 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nigar?

We estimate roughly 1.5 thousand people bear Nigar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Nigar have the most bearers?

Nigar is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled nigar.

How common is Nigar compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Nigar is the 509th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

Is Nigar a male or female name?

Nigar 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 Nigar mean?

Recorded meaning: f painting; picture; portrait;