Given name
Sangita
“one who is musical”
Sangita is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who is musical.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is musical.”
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 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sangita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 85
- 0 boys · 85 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 10 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 5 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,972 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.
Sangita’s family of names
Sangita has a related form in Sangeeta. Sangita has a related form in Sangeata. Sangita has a related form in Sangeita.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sangita
- Sangita GhoshIndian actressborn 1976
- Sangita Iyerdirector and filmmaker
- Sangita KumariIndian field hockey playerborn 2001
- Sangita JindalIndian businesswomanborn 1962
- Sangita ShresthaNepalese film directorborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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