Nirmal
Fewer than a hundred Polish men carry it, and none has been given it since at least 2000: most Poles will never meet one. The name means "pure" or "clean".
Nirmal Pronunciation
Nirmal is pronounced NYEER-mahl (/ˈɲirmal/).
What Nirmal means
Where Nirmal comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nirmal comes from the Sanskrit nirmala, built from nir, meaning "without," and mala, meaning "dirt" or "stain." Put together, it means clean. The short Polish reading, czysty and nieskazitelny, sits right on top of that source, so "pure" here is the origin rather than a sense added later.
In India the name travels across Hindu, Sikh, and Jain families, given to boys and sometimes kept as a family name. One documented bearer is Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, an Indian Air Force pilot killed in 1971 and the only airman awarded the Param Vir Chakra. His name, with its meaning of purity, sat close to a life spent in combat.
In a Polish szkoła the name would stand out on a class register, a single Nirmal among the Piotrs and Zuzannas. An official at the urząd might pause over the spelling. The root holds firm: nir plus mala, without stain.
How many people are named Nirmal
1 in 349938 men in Poland is named Nirmal. 61 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4718 among male names.
Nirmal as a middle name
Nirmal is a first name for 61 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 92/8 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3781st, between Nikolett (5) and Noella (5).
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#3779 Nicolla5
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#3780 Nikolett5
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#3781 Nirmal5
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#3782 Noella5
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#3783 Nokutenda5