The first name Vanita
A girl’s name from Sanskrit.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Sanskrit origin
Borrowed from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Vanita last appeared in the official list in 2005, given to 4 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Vanita with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Vanita at birth, 1880–2025
In 2003, 5 girls born in the United States were named Vanita, the 18,299th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1971, when 53 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Vanita in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Famous people named Vanita
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Vanita GuptaAmerican lawyer, born 1974
More Sanskrit girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Vanita mean?
- Borrowed from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).
- What is the origin of the name Vanita?
- Borrowed from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).
- How popular is the name Vanita?
- In 2005, 4 girls born in England and Wales were named Vanita, ranking 3,970th.
- Is Vanita a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 2,056 US babies named Vanita since 1880 were girls.
- When was Vanita most popular?
- 1971 in the United States, when 53 babies were named Vanita, its highest rank at 1,729th.