Given name

Harshita

“an enchantress; a hardworking woman”·“a bringer of happiness”

Harshita is a variant of Harsha. Interpretations include “an enchantress; a hardworking woman” and “a bringer of happiness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Harshita is a variant of Harsha. Interpretations include “an enchantress; a hardworking woman” and “a bringer of happiness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Harshita is a variant of Harsha. Harsha has been associated with Hebrew and Indian naming traditions.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

From Hindi हर्षिता.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Harshita through the years

Babies since 1880
195
0 boys · 195 girls
Most popular year
2008
21 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
05101520002025Highest share 20080.0
Harshita in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1999–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 631 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.

Harshita’s family of names

Harshita has a related form in Harsha. In English usage, Harshita has a related form in HARSHITHA.

Walk Harshita’s family in the name graph

HarshitaHarshithaHarsha

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

People named Harshita

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Harshita, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Hadessa

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>99% girls

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Haniyyah

“one who is pleased; happy”

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>99% girls

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Rujuta

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>99% girls

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Hamta

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>99% girls

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Hifza

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>99% girls

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Achaia

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>99% girls

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Anousha

“having a sweet disposition”

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>99% girls

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Aleshka

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Harshita’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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