Nihal
given name · Turkish · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Nihal is a given name, most frequently recorded in Türkiye. It appears chiefly in Turkish and Hindi, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: 1. Fidan, taze sürgün.
- TRTürkiye1 in 1.9K◐
- EGEgypt1 in 19K
- SYSyria1 in 23K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2.6K ●
- Sources
- 80 ●
- 1 in 46K ◐
across 7 countries
332K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Meaning & origin●
1. Fidan, taze sürgün. 2. İnce ve düzgün vücutlu sevgili.
Sources 1
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | #344 | 289,942 | 323K rec. | — | — | Nihal | 75 |
| EG Egypt | — | 2,023 | 806 rec. | — | — | Nihal | 80 |
| SY Syria | — | 1,443 | 1.5K rec. | — | — | Nihal | 6 |
| IN India | — | 988 | 755 rec. | — | 220 | Nihal | 52 |
| US United States | — | 946 | 683 rec. | 1 in 352K | 946 | Nihal | 74 |
| MA Morocco | — | 878 | 931 rec. | — | — | Nihal | 41 |
| FR France | — | 765 | — | 1 in 89K | 765 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | — | 517 | 429 rec. | — | 230 | Nihal | 11 |
| ES Spain | — | 510△ | 52 rec. | 1 in 98K | 510 | — | 16 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | 482 | 172 rec. | — | — | Nihal | 41 |
| DZ Algeria | #852 | 415 | 600 rec. | — | — | Nihal | 17 |
| CY Cyprus | #680 | 403 | 498 rec. | — | — | Nihal | 7 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Turkish292K67%
- Hindi55K13%
- 34K8%
- English9.5K2%
- Arabic6.6K2%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Turkish | 292,273 | 67% |
| Hindi | 54,561 | 13% |
| 33,799 | 8% | |
| English | 9,548 | 2% |
| Arabic | 6,648 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Nihal 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.
satisfied. contented; happy.
as a nameThe Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
Thirst, satisfied
as a nameDictionary of Islamic Names
Gioioso
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
In English, Beta Leporis, the second-brightest star in the constellation of Lepus.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 7 |
| 1995 | 9 |
| 1996 | 6 |
| 1997 | 6 |
| 1998 | 6 |
| 1999 | 12 |
| 2000 | 19 |
| 2001 | 24 |
| 2002 | 13 |
| 2003 | 18 |
| 2004 | 31 |
| 2005 | 34 |
| 2006 | 18 |
| 2007 | 25 |
| 2008 | 25 |
| 2009 | 28 |
| 2010 | 27 |
| 2011 | 30 |
| 2012 | 30 |
| 2013 | 35 |
| 2014 | 41 |
| 2015 | 41 |
| 2016 | 38 |
| 2017 | 37 |
| 2018 | 30 |
| 2019 | 34 |
| 2020 | 22 |
| 2021 | 39 |
| 2022 | 25 |
| 2023 | 32 |
| 2024 | 41 |
| 2025 | 42 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 32 years between 1993–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Şükûfe Nihalb. 1896TRTurkish poet (1896–1973)
- Nihal Yalaza Taluyb. 1900TRTurkish translator and writer (1900–1968)
- Nihal Atsızb. 1905TRTurkish poet and writer (1905–1975)
- Nihal Yeğinobalıb. 1927TRTurkish writer (1927–2020)
- Nihal Koldaşb. 1956TRTurkish actor (born 1956)
- Nihal Menzilb. 1962TRTurkish actor (born 1962)
- Nihal Bengisu Karacab. 1972TRTurkish journalist and writer (born 1972)
- Nihal Yalçınb. 1981TRTurkish actor (born 1981)
- Nihal Martlib. 1982TRTurkish painter
- Nehal Chudasamab. 1996INnot in their usual nameMiss Diva Miss universe 2018
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●
Attested in 65 sources across 37 countries.
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 372 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Nihal?
- We estimate roughly 2.6 thousand people bear Nihal (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
- In which country does Nihal have the most bearers?
- Nihal is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled nihal.
- How common is Nihal compared with other names?
- In Türkiye, Nihal is the 344th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.
- Is Nihal a male or female name?
- Nihal 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 Nihal mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1. Fidan, taze sürgün.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nihal” — the 344th most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.