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The first name 
Nirvana

Nirvana is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.

When two girls called Nirvana meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Nirvana is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 5 out of 100,000 girls have been named Nirvana. In the SmartGenius ranking, Nirvana is #2,116 on the list of most common girls names. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Nirvana.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Nirvana

Nirvana -
ahead of the curve

In fact, the name Nirvana did not fit the trend of the last century. Young parents in the 2000s began to change that a bit. After several years of not being given at all (or less than 5 times, because that's the number required for a name to appear in the statistics), Nirvana seemed to be more popular than ever in 2022. Although the name never ranked higher than #1,613, 114 parents chose it that year, making it a potential new rising star on the horizon of beautiful and rare names. If your name is Nirvana, you are well on your way to becoming en vogue.

In years where the graph has no value, the name Nirvana was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

Nirvana -
quite rare in all states

The odds of living in the same statae as someone named Nirvana are about the same as meeting someone with blue eyes in the entire country – both odds are about 25 to 30 %. More precisely, the first name Nirvana is registered in 11 states, among which are Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia or Illinois. In proportion to the female population, most women and girls with the first name Nirvana live in California, and even there the name is rather special – only one in 69,041 would turn around if you called the name Nirvana across California.

Nirvana has 7 letters 
and begins with an N

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter N is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for girls' names: 4.1% of all common girls' names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters of girls' names are A and S, while X and U are the least common initials of girls' names.

With seven letters, the name Nirvana has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Thus, it follows that with 4.1% of all girls' names starting with an N, this initial letter occurs about as often as all 26 letters on average. Nevertheless, there are girls' names with N that are quite common, the most common in the U.S. at present is Nancy.

Other names with 
N, i, r, v, a, n and a

If you take all the letters in the name Nirvana – N, i, r, v, a, n and a – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Nirvaan or Anavrin.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Nirvana

If your name is Nirvana and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Nirvana

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Nirvana, you can simply say:

Nut

Igloo

Rocket

Violin

Apple

Nut

Apple

This is how the name Nirvana is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Nirvana in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Nirvana

Nirvana

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Nirvana

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Nirvana is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

N
I
R
V
A
N
A

Have you ever waved the name Nirvana

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

N
I
R
V
A
N
A

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Nirvana sounds like this: