Given name
Sumitra
“a beloved friend”
Sumitra is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a beloved friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a beloved friend.”
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 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sumitra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 6 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 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,002 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.
Sumitra’s family of names
Sumitra has a related form in Sumita. Sumitra has a related form in Sumeatra. Sumitra has a related form in Sumeetra.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Sumitavariant
- Sumittralikely variant
- Sumeatravariant
- Sumietravariant
- Sumeitravariant
- Sumeetravariant
- Sumytavariant
- Sumytravariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sumitra
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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