Entry № 4072 · Sanskrit origin

Harit Harit — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HAH-reet /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Green / verdant"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "green / verdant".

Harit is from the Sanskrit Haritā.

Green / verdant — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

हरिता
Transliteration
Haritā
Pronunciation
/ ˈhɑː.riːt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Harit stands.

Harit 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.

Harits before her.

Real people

In fiction
Harit Kranti Green Revolution M.S. Swaminathan / Ayurveda Haritaki Triphala
Sanskrit green verdant golden-yellow + Harita Ayurvedic green + Harit Kranti Green Revolution India 1966-1980s M.S. Swaminathan Father of Indian Green Revolution + Ayurvedic Harītakī Terminalia chebula one of Triphala + Charaka + Sushruta Samhita
Ayurveda + Green Revolution

Names connected to Harit.

The number behind Harit.

2

The Peacemaker

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