Given name
Jovita
“daughter of the sky”
Jovita is a variant of Jovana. In Spanish use, Jovana carries the interpretation “daughter of the sky.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jovita is a variant of Jovana. In Spanish use, Jovana carries the interpretation “daughter of the sky.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jovita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,297
- 5 boys · 3,292 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 62 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,494 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,494 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 62 in 1930. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,712 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.
Jovita’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Jovita has a masculine form in Jovito. Jovita has a related form in Jovana. In German usage, Jovita has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form JOWITA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jovita
- Jovita CarranzaAmerican businesswomanborn 1949
- Jovita IdarAmerican writer and activist1885–1946
- Jovita NeliupšienėLithuanian docentborn 1980
- Jovita FuentesFilipina soprano singer (1895–1978)
- Jovita JutelytėLithuanian basketball player (born 1971)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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