Given name & surname
Chitra
“in Hinduism, the goddess of misfortune”
Chitra is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “in Hinduism, the goddess of misfortune.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “in Hinduism, the goddess of misfortune.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chitra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 0 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 10 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 7 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,905 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.
Chitra’s family of names
Chitra has a related form in Chitrah. Chitra has a related form in Chytra. Chitra has a related form in Chytrah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Chitra
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruninovelist, short story writer, poet, and essayistborn 1956
- Chitra SinghIndian singerborn 2000
- Chitra MudgalIndian, Hindi language writerborn 1944
- Chitra RamkrishnaIndian businesswomanborn 1963
- Chitra VisweswaranIndian dancerborn 1950
- Chitra DewiIndonesian actress (1934-2008)
- Chitra NaikIndian educationist, writer, social worker1918–2010
- Chitra SomanIndian athletics competitor (born 1983)
- Chitra MandalIndian scientistborn 1951
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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