Given name
Ritu
Ritu is a feminine given name from Sanskrit. It is used in English and Finnish.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Ritu is a diminutive of RIITTA. In Finnish usage, Ritu is a diminutive of RITVA.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ritu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 341
- 0 boys · 341 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 16 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 9 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,345 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.
Ritu’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Ritu is a diminutive of RIITTA. In Sylheti usage, Ritu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ꠞꠤꠔꠥ. In Finnish usage, Ritu is a diminutive of RITVA.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ritu
- Ritu AryaBritish actressborn 1988
- Ritu MenonIndian feminist writer and publisherborn 1949
- Ritu NegiIndian kabaddi player
- Ritu Porna ChakmaBangladeshi association football playerborn 2003
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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