Entry № 555 · Sanskrit origin

Amita Amita — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-MEE-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Boundless / infinite"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "boundless / infinite".

Amita is from the Sanskrit Amitā.

Boundless / infinite — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अमिता
Transliteration
Amitā
Pronunciation
/ əˈmiː.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Amita stands.

Amita does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Amitas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Amitabha Pure Land Sukhavati / Amitayus / 3 Pure Land Sutras / Amitabh Bachchan Padma Vibhushan 2015
Sanskrit boundless immeasurable infinite + a- not + mita measured + Amitābha Pure-Land + Sukhāvatī Western-Paradise + Amitāyus Infinite-Life + Larger + Smaller Sukhāvatī-vyūha-sūtras + Contemplation Sutra + Amitabh Bachchan Padma Vibhushan 2015
Pure Land Buddhism

Names connected to Amita.

The number behind Amita.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Amita reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.