MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Lalita mean?
Lalitā is the feminine of lalita and is also a goddess name, with the aesthetic sense remaining central to its ordinary use. Lalit is the related masculine adjective used as a name.
Pronunciation
IAST: lalitā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
ललिता
Letter-by-letter: lalitā
Conventional spelling
Bengali
ললিতা
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਲਲਿਤਾ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
ललीता
Letter-by-letter: lalītā
124,752 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
लालिता
Letter-by-letter: lālitā
15,134 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Lalita in Indian usage
671,445 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 665,460 records (99.1%).
- Recorded as male: 5,985 records (0.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,617 |
| 1930s | 4,862 |
| 1940s | 15,373 |
| 1950s | 35,849 |
| 1960s | 90,815 |
| 1970s | 156,616 |
| 1980s | 216,487 |
| 1990s | 149,624 |
| Other decades | 202 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 241,728 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 88,991 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 84,278 |
| Rajasthan | 77,653 |
| Jharkhand | 64,389 |
| Odisha | 23,225 |
| Haryana | 17,371 |
| Delhi | 14,968 |
| Karnataka | 14,908 |
| Uttarakhand | 11,424 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 11,204 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 5,241 |
| Assam | 4,949 |
| Punjab | 4,296 |
| Tripura | 1,730 |
| Maharashtra | 1,715 |
| Goa | 1,134 |
| Chandigarh | 627 |
| Sikkim | 464 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 296 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 226 |
| Meghalaya | 198 |
| Manipur | 131 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 125 |
| Other states | 174 |
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.
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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
- Behind the Name: Lalita ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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