Given name
Gatha
“a beautiful song”·“a good woman”
Gatha is a variant of Gita. Interpretations include “a beautiful song” and “a good woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gatha is a variant of Gita. Interpretations include “a beautiful song” and “a good woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gatha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 584
- 0 boys · 584 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 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 5 in 1962. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 257 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Gatha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Agatha
Agatha is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “good and kind; St. Agatha is the patron saint of bell-founders.”
>99% girls
Bertha
“one who is famously bright and beautiful”
>99% girls
Zita
“patron of housewives and servants” · “little rose”
>99% girls
Genevie
“of the race of women; the white wave”
>99% girls
Alta
“to be elevated”
>99% girls
Geneva
“of the juniper tree”
>99% girls
Alva
“one who has a fair complexion” · “a bright man”
24% boys · 76% girls
Tilda
“one who is mighty in battle”
>99% girls