Given name
Nivedita
“one who is dedicated to helping others”
Nivedita is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who is dedicated to helping others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is dedicated to helping others.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nivedita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 85
- 0 boys · 85 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 881 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.
Nivedita’s family of names
Nivedita has a related form in Nivedeata. Nivedita has a related form in Nivedeeta. Nivedita has a related form in Niveditah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Nivedita
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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