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Kavitha name meaning

“poetry; poem”

Letters
7
Syllables
3
First letter
K
Origin
Sanskrit · Tamil
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♀ Girl
  • Malayalam scriptകവിത
Peak 1980s: 18.6%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s13.1%
1980s18.6%
1990s8.5%
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: KMeaning knowledgeSanskrit origin

Kavitha is a girl's name from Sanskrit meaning 'poetry'.

What does Kavitha mean?

Poetry; poem

In Malay: puisi

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Sources (2)

About the name Kavitha

Kavitha is the South Indian form of Kavita, from Sanskrit kavitā, meaning 'poetry'. Kavita is another common spelling. According to JPN, it peaked in the 1980s with 1,311 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginSanskrit, Tamil, Malayalam
SyllablesKa-vi-tha
First letterIndian Names starting with K
Malayalam scriptകവിത

Kavitha in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
Girl: 994 · 13.1%
1980s
Girl: 1,311 · 18.6%
1990s
Girl: 509 · 8.5%
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Kavitha as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Kavitha · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: कविता · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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