Nirmal
Nirmal means n. spotless, unsullied, clean, pure, shining, resplendent.
Meaning: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
| Gender | unisex |
| Origin | Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Bengali / Sanskrit-Gujarati / Sanskrit-Punjabi |
| Language | Bengali / Gujarati / Hindi / Punjabi |
| Starts with | N |
Classical Sanskrit origin
निर्मल (nirmala): n. spotless, unsullied, clean, pure, shining, resplendent.
Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “n. spotless, unsullied, clean, pure, shining, resplendent”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Nirmala — n. spotless, unsullied, clean, pure, shining, resplendent
- Viraj — Meanings families give: Splendour, resplendent; Resplendent, shining with great beauty and light; Splendour, to shine; Splendour, to shine, king
- Swathi — Meanings families give: A star, pure; A star, very clean, pure; Pure, clean, bright star Swati
- Amal — n. spotless, stainless, clean, pure, shining
- Amala — n. spotless, stainless, clean, pure, shining
- Vimala — Meanings families give: Pure, spotless, clean; Pure, clean, spotless
Where this comes from
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