Gita

GEE-ta, hard G

Sanskrit; Latvian; Czech "song; pearl or strength or exalted one"

"song; pearl or strength or exalted one"

Gita Origin and Meaning

The name Gita is a girl's name of Sanskrit origin meaning "song; pearl or strength or exalted one".

A simple, international name extremely popular in India. The word, meaning "song", also appears in the name of the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu sacred text. Geeta is a spelling variant.

Gita has also seen strong historical use in Latvia, where it's a diminutive of Margita or Birgita. As a standalone, it was in the Top 100 in Latvia from the 1960s to the 1990s.

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Famous People Named Gita

• Gita Mehta Indian novelist
• Aluna Sagita "Gita" Gutawa Indonesian soprano, actress, and songwriter
• Gita Sahgal Indian journalist and author
• Gita Siddharth Indian actress and social worker
• Gita Dey Indian actress
• Gita Piramal Indian TV personality and financial author
• Gita Ghatak Indian actress

The name Gita in Pop Culture

• Gita Kapoor character on British soap "EastEnders"
• Bhagavad Gita Hindu scriptural poem