Given name & surname
Rohit
“refers to the color red”
Rohit is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “refers to the color red.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “refers to the color red.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
How it developed
A transliteration of Hindi रोहित, a transliteration of Bengali রোহিত.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rohit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,898
- 1,898 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 109 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −75%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 109 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,522 as a first name in 2020; 192 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.
Rohit’s family of names
Rohit has a related form in Roheat. Rohit has a related form in Roheet. Rohit has a related form in Roheit.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Rohit
- Rohit SharmaIndian cricketer (Captain)born 1987
- Rohit BalIndian fashion designer (1961–2024)
- Rohit SaggiNorwegian football refereeborn 1992
- Rohit DhawanIndian film director (born 1983)born 1986
- Rohit SharmaIndian cricketer (1993-)
- Rohit Sharmacricketerborn 1994
- Rohit BakshiIndian actorborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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