Gita

Classical Sanskrit origin

गीता (gītā): a song, sacred song or poem, religious doctrines declared in metrical form by an inspired sage.

Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule.

• Rashi: Mithun
• Nakshatra: Ardra
• More names starting with G

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Song, the sacred Bhagavad Gita”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Geetha — Song, the Bhagavad Gita, divine melody
• Gitabai — Lady of the Gita, scripture devotee
• Aria — Air, song
• Keerthana — Devotional song, praise
• Rayna — Queen, song, pure
• Sangeeta — Music, song, melodious

More girls' names of Sanskrit origin

• Raha — Rest, happiness, freedom
• Saanvi — Goddess Lakshmi, one who follows
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Diya — Lamp, divine light
• Vamika — Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga

Other names under Mithun rashi

• Krish — Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Yash — Success, glory, fame
• Kavya — Poem, lyric, literature
• Dev — God, divine being
• Jiya — Heart, sweetheart
• Divya — Divine, brilliant, beautiful

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mithun names.

Where this comes from

Gita's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.