Sanskrit · Girl name
Gita
“song”
About the name Gita
Gita is a feminine name of Sanskrit origin meaning ‘song’, from gīta, the past participle of the verb gai ‘to sing’. It is best known from the Bhagavad Gita, ‘Song of the Lord’, the Hindu scripture embedded in the Mahabharata, in which the god Krishna counsels the warrior prince Arjuna before battle. Geeta and Githa are regional spellings in India. Separately, Gita occurs in Latvia, Lithuania, and Czechia as a short form of Margita or Brigita. Gita Gopinath, an economist, is a notable bearer.
- Meaning
- song
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- GEE-tah(2 syl.)
Middle names for Gita
- Gita Anjali
- Gita Kiran
- Gita Sundar
- Gita Asha
- Gita Ravi
Questions about Gita
- What does Gita mean?
- Gita is a Sanskrit name meaning "song".
- How do you pronounce Gita?
- Gita is pronounced GEE-tah, with emphasis on the first syllable.
- What are variants of Gita?
- Variants of Gita include Geeta, Githa.
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