Given name & surname
Mitra
“a heavenly messenger; an angel”
Mitra is used as a given name and a surname. One Persian interpretation is “a heavenly messenger; an angel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Persian interpretation is “a heavenly messenger; an angel.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Persian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Mitra is a variant of Mithra. The history of Mithra gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Mithra is associated with the god of light.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Mitra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 595
- 5 boys · 590 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,605 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,605 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,488 as a first name in 2020; 2,600 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.
Mitra’s family of names
Mitra has a related form in Mithra. Mitra has a related form in Mitran. Mitra has a related form in Mitrana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mitra
- Mitra HejazipourIranian-French chess playerborn 1993
- Mitra HajjarIranian actressborn 1977
- Mitra FarahaniIranian filmmaker and painterborn 1975
- Mitra FarazandehIranian artistborn 1976
- Mitra BirIndian activist
- Mitra MitrovićSerbian politician, feminist, writer (1912–2001)
- Mitra JashniIranian writer, translator and artistborn 1976
- Mitra PhukanIndian writerborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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