Given name & surname
Neelam
“as precious as a sapphire”
Neelam is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “as precious as a sapphire.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “as precious as a sapphire.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Neelam through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 316
- 0 boys · 316 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 27 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 girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,375 as a first name in 2020; 237 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Neelam’s family of names
Neelam has a related form in Nilam. Neelam has a related form in Nealam. Neelam has a related form in Nelam.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Neelam
- Neelam Saxena ChandraIndian writerborn 1969
- Neelam DeoIndian diplomatborn 2000
- Neelum SharmaIndian television news presenter1969–2019
- Neelam VermaCanadian modelborn 1980
- Neelam GillBritish fashion modelborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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