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Neha
नेहाSay it NAY-haa
- Meaning
- Love, affection, tenderness, kindness Platts, p. 1171
- Say it
- NAY-haa
- Written
- नेहा
- Other spellings
- Nehaa
- First sound
- ने · Vrishchik rashi
Neha
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Neha meaning
Neha (नेहा) is a Hindu girl's name of Hindi origin. By its first sound, ने, it is a Vrishchik rashi name (Anuradha nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Love, affection, tenderness, kindness
Neha (नेहा) is a Hindi word, a poetic form of neh, love. Platts traces neh through Prakrit to Sanskrit sneha, which Monier-Williams glosses first as oiliness and then as tenderness, love and affection; Platts likewise lists oil and grease before tenderness, love and affection. Name lists give Neha as "love" or "affection", in line with the dictionaries, and a few also give "rain" or "beautiful eyes", senses we could not find in Platts or Monier-Williams. The same Sanskrit root lies behind sneh, the everyday Hindi word for fond affection, and behind the names Sneha and Snehal. The name is used across India and is easy to say in every Indian language.
Source: Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English (1884), p. 1171 · entry nehā · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Platts, nehā, p. 1171 · Monier-Williams, sneha, p. 1267
Fits your syllable
First sound ने
Anuradha nakshatra, pada 4 · Vrishchik rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Neha · Nehaa