Given name
Nilofar
“resembling the water lily”
Nilofar is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling the water lily.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “resembling the water lily.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nilofar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 0 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 6 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 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 440 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.
Nilofar’s family of names
In English usage, Nilofar has a related form in NILUFAR. Nilofar has a related form in Neelofar. Nilofar has a related form in Nealofar.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Nilofar
- Niloofar HamediIranian Journalistborn 1992
- Nilofar BayatAfghan lawyer and wheelchair basketball playerborn 1990
- Nilofar BakhtiarPakistani public officialborn 1957
- Nilofar SakhiAfghan activist
- Niloofar BeyzaieIranian activistborn 1967
- Nilufar YakubbaevaUzbekistani chess playerborn 2000
- Nilufar ZokirovaUzbekistani sprint canoeistborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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