Given name
Harshit
“a bringer of joy”
Harshit is a variant of Harshad. One Indian interpretation is “a bringer of joy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Harshit is a variant of Harshad. One Indian interpretation is “a bringer of joy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Harshit is a variant of Harshad. An origin associated with Harshad is Indian.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Sanskrit हर्षित (“delighted, joyful, cheerful”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Harshit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 41 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 7 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 boys is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 510 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.
Harshit’s family of names
Harshit has a related form in Harshad. In English usage, Harshit has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form हर्षित.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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