Entry № 8782 · Sanskrit origin

Rohita Rohita — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ROH-hee-tah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Red / rising / Sun"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "red / rising / sun".

Rohita is from the Sanskrit Rohitā.

Red / rising / Sun — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

रोहिता

Transliteration: Rohitā
Pronunciation: / ˈroʊ.hi.tə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Rohita stands.

Rohita 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.

Namesakes

Rohitas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Rohita red Vedic / Rohitasva red horses Surya / Rohita son of Harischandra Aitareya Brahmana 7.13-18 Shunahshepa / 6 year forest / Rohita-Nakshatra 5th Mrigashirsha

Sanskrit red rising rising-Sun + rohita red + Rohita Vedic-red + Rohitāśva red-horses of Sūrya + Rohita son-of-Hariścandra Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 7.13-18 Śunaḥśepa + Hariścandra sold-Rohita sacrificed by-Varuṇa Rohita-fled forest six-years + Rohita-Nakshatra 5th alternative-name Mṛgaśīrṣā + Rohitagiri

Vedic Rohita

Names connected to Rohita.

Numerology

The number behind Rohita.

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rohita reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.