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Pavitra or Pavithra?

2 spellings reached the top 10 of the Indian girls’ table: Pavitra peaked at 12.2% (2000s) and Pavithra peaked at 8.6% (2000s). Percentages are shares of that decade’s top-10 total.

Pavitra
2 decades · 12%
Pavithra
2 decades · 9%

Figures for each spelling

Split between spellings

Pavitra Pavithra

  • 1940s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1950s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1960s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1970s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1980s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1990s Pavitra 56% · Pavithra 44%
  • 2000s Pavitra 59% · Pavithra 41%
  • 2010s no spelling in the top 10
Each spelling’s part of this family’s listed figures in that decade (listed spellings only).
DecadePavitraPavithra
’40s ––
’50s ––
’60s ––
’70s ––
’80s ––
’90s 9.9%5927.8%466
’00s 12.2%4578.6%321
’10s ––
Share of the Indian table · girls top-10 total and registrations (– = not listed).

Each spelling

Other spelling families

The Malay, Chinese and Indian tables are JPN’s own breakdown; they describe the data, not people. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

How to cite

Free to quote with a link to this page. Suggested citation:

MalaysianNames (malaysiannames.com). “Pavitra Name Spellings: 2 Variants in JPN Data”. https://malaysiannames.com/en/popular-names/spellings/pavitra/. Updated . Data: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0), last updated 2023-07-26.

Download the JPN top-10 tables we use (decade, table, sex, rank, name, count, share of the top-10 total):

Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Frequently asked questions

Are Pavitra and Pavithra the same name?

Our records link them as spellings of one name, meaning “pure; holy”. JPN counts each spelling separately, and we do not merge the figures.

When was each spelling in the top 10?

Pavitra: 1990s #4, 2000s #2; Pavithra: 1990s #8, 2000s #7.