Nishat
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nih-SHAHT
- Origin
- Arabic
Nishat is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “joy, cheerfulness”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nishat mean?
Arabic: Arabic nashat, used in Urdu, Persian and Bengali as nishat
“joy, cheerfulness”
Nishat Bagh, a Mughal garden laid out in Srinagar in 1633, is often translated as the Garden of Bliss.
Is Nishat a girl's or a boy's name?
Nishat is a girls' name.
How popular is Nishat in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 30 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nishat in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Nishat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,216 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 20 | #1,118 |
| 2000 | 23 | #1,016 |
| 1999 | 30 | #819 |
| 1998 | 27 | #891 |
| 1997 | 22 | #1,022 |
| 1996 | 22 | #988 |
How popular is Nishat in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Nishat in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nishat in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Nishat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Nishat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nishat, updated 20 October 2026.