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Nirav
नीरवSay it nee-RUV
- Meaning today
- Quiet, calm
- Original meaning
- "soundless, silent" Monier-Williams, p. 543
- Say it
- nee-RUV
- Written
- नीरव
- Other spellings
- Neerav, Nirao
- First sound
- नी · Vrishchik rashi
Nirav
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Nirav meaning
Nirav (नीरव) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, नी, it is a Vrishchik rashi name (Anuradha nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Soundless, silent
Also used to mean: quiet, calm
Nirav (नीरव) comes from Sanskrit nīrava, "without sound", made of nis-, "without", and rava, "sound" Monier-Williams gives nīrava as soundless and cites Kālidāsa's Raghuvaṃśa. Name lists give Nirav as "quiet" or "calm", a natural reading of a silent, noiseless stillness. It is the quiet counterpart of Aarav, which is built on the same word rava. The name is used in Gujarati, Bengali and other Indian languages, and is written both नीरव and निरव.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 543 · entry nī-rava · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, nī-rava, p. 543 · Monier-Williams, rava, p. 868 · Wikipedia, Nirav
Fits your syllable
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
Nirav · Neerav · Nirao