Kavita

A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning poetry, poem.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kavita by the numbers

Kavita was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 33 babies in 1983, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kavita. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kamilaperfect; complete; a form of Kamil1,100 in the US (2017)
  • Karinapure; a form of Carina or Karen562 in the US (2017)
  • Kalinarowan tree; mountain ash147 in the US (2017)
  • Kailastylish; a variant of Kayla133 in the US (2017)
  • Kavyapoetry, poem95 in the US (2017)
  • Katiapure; diminutive form of Katerina94 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean song or music

Like Kavita, each of these has song or music in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Harperharp player10,735 in the US (2017)
  • Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
  • Melodysong, music2,046 in the US (2017)
  • Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
  • Lyralyre, a musical instrument643 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Calliopebeautiful voice; muse of epic poetry57 in England and Wales (2025)

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