Entry № 991 · Sanskrit origin

Asmita Asmita — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ahs-MEE-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Pride, self-respect (Sanskrit)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "pride, self-respect (sanskrit)".

Asmita (अस्मिता) is the Sanskrit word for "pride, self-identity, ego-sense" — used in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras as one of the five kleshas (afflictions), but in modern usage understood as healthy self-respect and identity. A modern Sanskrit feminine name.

Used widely in modern India.

Pride, self-respect. The Sanskrit.

The name in its native script.

अस्मिता
Transliteration
Asmitā
Pronunciation
/ əsˈmiː.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Asmita stands.

Asmita 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.

Asmitas before her.

Real people
Asmita Bhide
Indian actress.
In fiction
Asmita
Common in Indian fiction.

Names connected to Asmita.

The number behind Asmita.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Asmita reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.