Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
The name draws on Sanskrit kanta, meaning “desired, beautiful”.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kanta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 49 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 10 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 629 as a first name in 2020; 278 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kanta’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Kanta is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 寛多. In Greek usage, Kanta as a surname is a transliteration of Κάντα. In Greek usage, Kanta as a surname is a transliteration of Καντά.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kanta
- Kanta KondoJapanese association football playerborn 1993
- Kanta TanakaJapanese association football playerborn 1998
- Kanta MakinoJapanese association football playerborn 1997
- Kanta SatoJapanese actorborn 1996
- Kanta TsuneyamaJapanese badminton playerborn 1996
- Kanta DoiJapanese association football playerborn 2004
- Kanta JojoJapanese association football playerborn 2001
- Kanta NagataJapanese association football playerborn 2001
- Kanata SakagishiJapanese association football playerborn 2002
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Kanta, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
Archit
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>99% boys
Prakhar
Prakhar is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.
>99% boys
Sandesh
“message, news”
>99% boys
Keshava
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>99% boys
Pritam
Pritam is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.
>99% boys