Neha

Where Neha comes from

Borrowed from Hindi नेहा (nehā). Doublet of snow.
— Wiktionary's entry for Neha
  • Hindi
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1969
    First appearance
    #5,057 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2000
    Peak, #966
    219 babies named Neha — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,103.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hindi, of mainly Indian usage.
Namesakes

No widely known Neha turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.