MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gita mean?
Sanskrit gītā is the feminine form of the word for sung. The Bhagavad Gita uses it in the title of a dialogue within the Mahabharata. That dialogue is Krishna's teaching to Arjuna before the battle at Kurukshetra.
Pronunciation
IAST: gītā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गीता
Letter-by-letter: gītā
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଗୀତା
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਗੀਤਾ
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ಗೀತಾ
Conventional spelling
Bengali
গীতা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
गिता
Letter-by-letter: gitā
12,016 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gita in Indian usage
1,677,834 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,667,496 records (99.4%).
- Recorded as male: 10,338 records (0.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 2,265 |
| 1930s | 8,895 |
| 1940s | 31,070 |
| 1950s | 92,621 |
| 1960s | 270,253 |
| 1970s | 482,354 |
| 1980s | 542,687 |
| 1990s | 247,434 |
| Other decades | 255 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 530,718 |
| Bihar | 321,628 |
| Rajasthan | 226,571 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 174,331 |
| Jharkhand | 85,158 |
| Haryana | 77,971 |
| Odisha | 57,670 |
| Uttarakhand | 44,358 |
| Delhi | 43,839 |
| Punjab | 30,552 |
| Karnataka | 30,179 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 18,839 |
| Assam | 10,856 |
| Tripura | 9,773 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3,282 |
| Goa | 2,849 |
| Chandigarh | 2,625 |
| Maharashtra | 1,607 |
| Sikkim | 1,030 |
| Meghalaya | 1,023 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 850 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 709 |
| Manipur | 490 |
| Nagaland | 318 |
| Kerala | 225 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 130 |
| Daman and Diu | 109 |
| Other states | 144 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Gita / F | 4 | 4,867 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Gita; Table_6, C5251 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Gita; Table_6, C5251
- Monier-Williams, gītā, p. 356,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.