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Amita
How to Pronounce Amita
Pronounced uh-MEE-tah /ΙΛmiΛ.tΙΛ/Medium
Meaning: Amita comes from Sanskrit, where a-mita literally means without measure, hence boundless or infinite. It is a genuine Indian given name carrying a sense of limitlessness, and it entered American records chiefly with South Asian families.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Amita is a Sanskrit name built from a-, meaning not, and mita, meaning measured, giving the sense of boundless or without limit. It is an authentic Indian given name and shares its root with Amitabh, the boundless-light epithet of the Buddha. In the United States it appears in birth records through the second half of the twentieth century, carried mainly by South Asian immigrant families, and reached a modest high in the mid-nineteen-eighties.
It was never common in American use, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak, so an Amita from that time would be in her forties today. Among Indian American families it remains a meaningful heritage choice rather than a passing trend.
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What does the name Amita mean?
It is a Sanskrit name meaning boundless or without limit, from a- 'not' and mita 'measured'.
How do you pronounce Amita?
It's said uh-MEE-tah /ΙΛmiΛ.tΙΛ/, three syllables stressed in the middle.
Is Amita a boy or girl name?
Amita is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Amita?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its mid-nineteen-eighties peak.