Nethra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NETH-ra
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Nethra is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “eye”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Nethra mean?
Sanskrit: South Indian spelling of Sanskrit netra
“eye”
Is Nethra a girl's or a boy's name?
Nethra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nethra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Nethra, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2007, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Nethra than any year since 2012.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Nethra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
How popular is Nethra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Nethra, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Nethra in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nethra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Names like Nethra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya, Prisha, Nishtha, Navya, Aadhya, Viha, Krisha, Aarya, Kridha, Dhyana, Nirvana, Isha
Names related to Nethra
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nethra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nethra, updated 20 October 2026.