Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lota is a romanization of লতা. লতা comes from Sanskrit.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lota through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 586
- 0 boys · 586 girls
- Most popular year
- 1912
- 20 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 7 in 1947. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1912. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 264 as a first name in 2020; 328 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.
Lota’s family of names
In Bengali usage, Lota is a Roman-alphabet rendering of লতা. In Greek usage, Lota as a surname is a transliteration of Λότα. In Greek usage, Lota as a surname is a transliteration of Λώτα.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Lota
- Lota ChukwuNigerian actress and modelborn 1989
- Lota de Macedo SoaresBrazilian architect and urban planner1910–1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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