Bharata

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Bart in US United States, NL Netherlands, GB United Kingdom and 8 more, Barth in DE Germany, CH Switzerland, AT Austria and 5 more, Bhatt in BR Brazil, PK Pakistan, JP Japan and 1 more and Bharat in IN India, MY Malaysia, ID Indonesia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Bharata is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name1.9K records spelled Bharata2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Also written Bhārata

• English given name578 records spelled Bharata4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Australia, Philippines

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Bhārata

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Bharata is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In pi, The Bodhisatta bom as the king of Roruva and husband of Samuddavijayā. For his story see the Āditta Jātaka.1

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)

• In pi, A king Of Benares, belonging to the dynasty of Okkāka. He was the father of Dasaratha (q.v.).’

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)

• In pi, A sage of old who, as a result of living the holy life, was born in the Brahma-world.’

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)

• In pi, A scion of the Mahāsammata-race and son of Sāgaradeva. He was the father of Aṅgīrasa.’

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)

• In pi, King of the Sovīras in the time of Reṇu. H is capital was in Roruva.1

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 105 years between 1899–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 198 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Bharata?

We estimate roughly 55 thousand people bear Bharata (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Bharata have the most bearers?

Bharata is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled bharat.

How common is Bharata compared with other names?

In India, Bharata is the 158th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Bharata a male or female name?

Bharata is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Bharata mean?

Recorded meaning: A hunter who brought from the H imāiaya the chief of a herd of monkeys whose cry was one of the noises mentioned in the Aṭṭhasadda Jātaka (q.v.).’