Given name & surname
Nirmal
“one who is peaceful; pure”
Nirmal is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “one who is peaceful; pure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is peaceful; pure.”
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 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nirmal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 33 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 7 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 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,122 as a first name in 2020; 283 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.
Nirmal’s family of names
Nirmal has a related form in Nischal. Nirmal has a related form in Nirmall. Nirmal has a related form in Nyrmal.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 Nirmal
- Nirmal PurjaNepali‑born English mountaineer (1983–2026)
- Nirmal VermaIndian writer (1929–2005)
- Nirmal SainiIndian volleyball player (1938-2021)
- Nirmal Singh KhalsaSikh Hazoori Ragi (1952-2020)
- Nirmal Chandra ChatterjeeIndian politician1895–1971
- Nirmal RishiIndian Punjabi film and television actressborn 1943
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Nirmal, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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