Boy name · Persian
نهال
Nihal name meaning
ni-HAAL
“A young plant, a sapling”
About the name
GenderBoy
OriginPersian
Questions parents ask
What does Nihal mean?
Nihal (نهال) means “A young plant, a sapling”.
How do you pronounce Nihal?
Nihal is pronounced ni-HAAL.
Is Nihal a boy's or a girl's name?
Nihal is a boy's name.
How is Nihal written in Persian?
In Persian script it is written نهال.
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Meaning checked in Steingass's Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary (London, 1892), which gives: “nihāl, A young plant, shoot, sucker cut from a tree to be planted separately”. See the entry ↗