MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Savita mean?
Savitā is the nominative form of Savitr, the solar deity invoked in the Gayatri mantra. The Sanskrit root sū conveys impelling or setting in motion.
Pronunciation
IAST: savitā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सविता
Letter-by-letter: savitā
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਸਵਿਤਾ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सवीता
Letter-by-letter: savītā
21,992 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Savita in Indian usage
671,033 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 667,539 records (99.5%).
- Recorded as male: 3,494 records (0.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 575 |
| 1930s | 1,166 |
| 1940s | 4,699 |
| 1950s | 16,849 |
| 1960s | 63,351 |
| 1970s | 150,422 |
| 1980s | 262,215 |
| 1990s | 171,652 |
| Other decades | 104 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 180,781 |
| Bihar | 158,610 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 112,726 |
| Rajasthan | 51,800 |
| Haryana | 39,442 |
| Jharkhand | 36,994 |
| Karnataka | 34,721 |
| Delhi | 20,205 |
| Uttarakhand | 11,584 |
| Punjab | 11,023 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 5,784 |
| Maharashtra | 2,833 |
| Goa | 2,336 |
| Chandigarh | 1,181 |
| Gujarat | 336 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 172 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 149 |
| Daman and Diu | 120 |
| Other states | 236 |
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
- Wiktionary: Savita ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: सविता ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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