Given name & surname · also Indian
Nalin
“resembling the lotus flower”
Nalin is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “resembling the lotus flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “resembling the lotus flower.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Indian and Hindi naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nalin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 229
- 201 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 689 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nalin’s family of names
Nalin has a related form in Naline. Nalin has a related form in Nalean. Nalin has a related form in Naleen.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Nalynvariant
- Nalenvariant
- Nallinlikely variant
- Nalienvariant
- Naleinvariant
- Naleanvariant
- Naleenvariant
- Nalynevariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Nalin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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