Given name
Hitesh
“a good man”
Hitesh is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a good man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a good man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hitesh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 75
- 75 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 8 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 8 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,600 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.
Hitesh’s family of names
Hitesh has a related form in Hiteshe. Hitesh has a related form in Hytesh. Hitesh has a related form in Hyteshe.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hitesh
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Hitesh, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys