Given name & surname
Amita
“without limits; unmeasurable”·“a dear friendship”·“without limit; endless”
In English use, Amita is a form of Amity. One Latin interpretation is “a dear friendship.” Amita is a feminine form of Amit. One Hindi interpretation is “without limit; endless.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Indian use, Amita carries the interpretation “without limits; unmeasurable.” In English use, Amita is a form of Amity. One Latin interpretation is “a dear friendship.” Amita is a feminine form of Amit. One Hindi interpretation is “without limit; endless.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
How it developed
Amita is used as a feminine counterpart of Amit.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 468
- 0 boys · 468 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,939 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amita’s family of names
Amita is a feminine form of Amit. Amita is a form of Amity. Amita has a related form in Amitha.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Amithavariant
- Ammitalikely variant
- Ameatavariant
- Ameitahvariant
- Ameitavariant
- Amietahvariant
- Amietavariant
- Amytahvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amita
- Amita SumanBritish actress of Nepalese originborn 1997
- Amita BerthierSingaporean fencerborn 2000
- Amita KanekarIndian writerborn 1965
- Amita KuttnerCanadian astrophysicist and Green Party politicianborn 1990
- Amita AggarwalIndian clinical immunologistborn 1960
- Amita SehgalIndian biologistborn 1960
- Amita NangiaIndian actress
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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