Nilambari

Nilambari meaning

Nilambari (नीलाम्बरी) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, नी, it is a Vrishchik rashi name (Anuradha nakshatra) in the North Indian table.

Dressed in dark blue (feminine of nīlāmbara)

Also used to mean: blue sky, dressed in blue

Nilambari (नीलाम्बरी) is the feminine of Sanskrit nīlāmbara, "dressed in blue", from nīla, "dark blue", and ambara, which means both "garment" and "sky". Monier-Williams gives nīlāmbara as an epithet of Balarāma, who wears blue, and of the planet Saturn. That double sense of ambara is why name lists give Nilambari as "dressed in blue" or "blue sky". Neelambari is also a rāga in Carnatic and Hindustani music, known in South India as the lullaby rāga. The southern spelling is Neelambari.

Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 566 · entry nīlāmbara · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Monier-Williams, nīlāmbara, p. 566 · Monier-Williams, ambara, p. 83 · Wikipedia, Neelambari (raga)

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First sound नी

Anuradha nakshatra, pada 2 · Vrishchik rashi

North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.

Spellings

Nilambari · Neelambari

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