Given name & surname
Sarita
“princess”
Sarita is a variant of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sarita is a variant of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sarita is a variant of Sarah. Sarah comes from Hebrew biblical tradition and is the name given to Abraham’s wife in Genesis.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Sarita is a diminutive of Sara. Sarita is a variant of Sarah. The shared background comes through Sarah: In the biblical account, Sarai is renamed Sarah as part of a blessing. Later Irish and Scottish uses sometimes adopted Sarah in place of local Gaelic names, a separate practice from its Hebrew origin.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Sarita is a variant of Sarah. The history of Sarah gives this family its wider story. Sarah is remembered in Genesis as Abraham’s wife and Isaac’s mother. Sarah’s later local adaptations included use for Sorcha in Ireland and Mor in Scotland, showing how an established biblical name could serve different naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Sarita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,046
- 0 boys · 5,046 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 166 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #6,281 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,281 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 166 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,452 as a first name in 2020; 325 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.
Sarita’s family of names
Sarita is an affectionate form of Sarah. Sarita has a related form in Sarah. In Spanish usage, Sarita is a diminutive of Sara.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sarita
- Sarita ChoudhuryBritish actressborn 1966
- Sarita JoshiIndian actressborn 1941
- Sarita MorIndian amateur wrestlerborn 1995
- Sarita Advecomputer scientist and professor
- Sarita SinghMember of the Legislative Assembly (India)
- Sarita SkagnesNorwegian writerborn 1969
- Sarita ColoniaPeruvian folk saint (1914–1940)
- Sarita RethCambodian actress and beauty pageant titleholderborn 1994
- Sarita LamichhaneNepalese actressborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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