Given name
Neeta
“resembling a bear”·“God is giving”·“having grace”
Neeta is a variant of Nita. Interpretations include “resembling a bear”, “God is giving”, and “having grace”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Neeta is a variant of Nita. Interpretations include “resembling a bear”, “God is giving”, and “having grace”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Neeta is a variant of Nita. Nita has been associated with Native American, Spanish, and Hebrew naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Neeta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 124
- 0 boys · 124 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 13 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 8 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,391 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Neeta
- Neeta LullaIndian costume designerborn 1965
- Neeta PateriyaIndian politicianborn 1962
- Neeta ShahIndian writerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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