Given name
Jarita
“a birdlike woman”
Jarita is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a birdlike woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a birdlike woman.”
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 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jarita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 206
- 0 boys · 206 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 14 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 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 235 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.
Jarita’s family of names
Jarita has a related form in Jareata. Jarita has a related form in Jareatah. Jarita has a related form in Jareeta.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jarittalikely variant
- Jareatahvariant
- Jareatavariant
- Jareitahvariant
- Jareitavariant
- Jarietahvariant
- Jarietavariant
- Jarytahvariant
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