Nisha

What does Nisha mean?

Nisha means ‘night’ in Sanskrit and Hindi. Wiktionary records niśā and the Hindi female given name, with a direct night meaning in both languages. Related Hindi compounds describe nocturnal activity or refer to the moon, extending the same image of night. The name therefore belongs naturally beside moonlight and star names, while its own definition remains simply ‘night’, without requiring an additional symbolic interpretation.

Source: Wiktionary, निशा. How we use sources.

Spelling and pronunciation

निशा is read ni-shaa, in two syllables with a short i and a long ending. Nishaa is another Roman spelling that makes the final length explicit. The sh is close to English sh. Keep the last vowel open rather than reducing it entirely to the ending of English ‘comma’.