Given name
Deepika
“lamp”
Deepika is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “lamp.”
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deepika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 254
- 0 boys · 254 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 16 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,442 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.
Deepika’s family of names
In English usage, Deepika has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Дипика. In English usage, Deepika has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form दीपिका. In English usage, Deepika has a conventional equivalent in the Bengali form দীপিকা.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Deepika has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Deepika
- Deepika PadukoneIndian actressborn 1986
- Deepika KumariIndian archerborn 1994
- Dipika ChikhliaIndian actress and politicianborn 1965
- Deepika AminIndian actress
- Deepika ThakurIndian field hockey playerborn 1987
- Deepika Narayan BhardwajIndian journalist, documentary film maker and men's rights activistborn 1986
- Deepika KurupInventor, scientist, and clean water advocateborn 1996
- Deepika KundajiIndian permaculture farmer with awardborn 1963
- Deepika SehrawatIndian hockey playerborn 2003
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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