Entry № 691 · Sanskrit origin

Ankita Ankita — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHN-kee-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Marked / distinguished"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "marked / distinguished".

Ankita is from the Sanskrit Aṅkitā.

Marked / distinguished — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अङ्किता
Transliteration
Aṅkitā
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːn.ki.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ankita stands.

Ankita 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.

Ankitas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Aṅkitāṅga Sanskrit poetry / Ankita Konwar
Sanskrit marked distinguished chosen + aṅk to mark + Aṅkitāṅga marked-limbed beautiful woman in Sanskrit poetry + Ankita Konwar Indian television
Sanskrit poetry

Names connected to Ankita.

The number behind Ankita.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ankita reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.