Entry № 3693 · Sanskrit origin

Gita Gita — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GEE-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sacred song (Bhagavad Gita)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "sacred song (bhagavad gita)".

Gita is from the Sanskrit गीता (Gītā — song, sacred song) — from Sanskrit gai (to sing). Gita is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu Vedic heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu philosophical heritage.

Sacred song (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

गीता
Transliteration
Gītā
Pronunciation
/ ˈɡiː.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Gita stands.

Gita 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.

Gitas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhagavad Gita
Song of God + 700-verse Hindu scripture + Krishna-Arjuna dialogue in Mahabharata.
Mahabharata

Names connected to Gita.

The number behind Gita.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Gita reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.