Given name & surname · also Hindi
Nishita
Nishita is a feminine given name from Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Nishita comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
A transliteration of Hindi निशिता, from Sanskrit निशित.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nishita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 135
- 0 boys · 135 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 12 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 6 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 427 as a first name in 2020; 109 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nishita’s family of names
In English usage, Nishita has a related form in NISHITHA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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