Geeta

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled גיטה in IL Israel, LV Latvia, DE Germany and 2 more, Geetha in MY Malaysia, BR Brazil, SG Singapore and 2 more, Gita in BD Bangladesh, JP Japan, FI Finland and Kuta in PL Poland, CZ Czechia.

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●

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◐

Geeta is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name19K records spelled Geeta2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Geetā

• Russian given name281 records spelled Geeta49 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Russia, Croatia, India

  Languages: Russian, Czech, Croatian

  Also written Gita, Гита, Гіта, Ghita, Gitta

• Czech given name141 records spelled Geeta3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Czechia, United States

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Gèetä

34 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●

Geeta is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In irk, slope, side of a hill

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Wolof, herd

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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) — 116 years between 1893–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Geeta Balib. 1930INIndian actress (1930-1965)
• Geeta Duttb. 1930INIndian playback singer (1930–1972)
• Geeta Kapurb. 1943INIndian art historian
• Geeta Dharmarajanb. 1948INIndian writer, teacher, social innovator
• Geeta Gandbhirb. 1970USAmerican filmmaker
• Geeta Tripatheeb. 1972NPNepali poet, lyricist, essayist and literary critic
• Geeta Kapurb. 1973INIndian dancer and choreographer
• Geeta Phogatb. 1988INIndian freestyle wrestler (born 1988)
• Geeta SeshuINIndian journalist
• Geeta AnandUSjournalist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 298 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Geeta?

We estimate roughly 9.3 thousand people bear Geeta (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Geeta have the most bearers?

Geeta is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled geeta.

How common is Geeta compared with other names?

In India, Geeta is the 7th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Geeta a male or female name?

Geeta is a female 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 Geeta mean?

Recorded meaning: A female given name from South Asian, variant of Gita.