Given name & surname · also Sanskrit
Lata
“of the lovely vine”
Lata is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “of the lovely vine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “of the lovely vine.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lata through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 5 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 5 in 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,008 as a first name in 2020; 1,191 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.
Lata’s family of names
Lata has a related form in Latah. In English usage, Lata has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Лата. In English usage, Lata has a conventional equivalent in the Marathi form लता.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lata has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.
9 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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People named Lata
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