Entry № 4692 · Sanskrit origin

Ishmita Ishmita — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ eesh-MEE-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Wise / desired"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "wise / desired".

Ishmita is from the Sanskrit Iṣmitā.

Wise / desired — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

इष्मिता
Transliteration
Iṣmitā
Pronunciation
/ iːʃˈmiː.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ishmita stands.

Ishmita 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.

Ishmitas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhagavad Gita 2:41 / Ishmita Sethi
Sanskrit wise learned desired + iṣ to seek + Bhagavad Gita 2:41 vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha one-pointed determined intellect + Patanjali Yoga + Ishmita Sethi Indian actress
Hindu scripture

Names connected to Ishmita.

The number behind Ishmita.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ishmita reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.