Gitabai

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Mithun
• Nakshatra: Ardra
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Lady of the Gita, scripture devotee”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Geetha — Meanings families give: Song, Bhagavad Gita, melody; Song, the Bhagavad Gita; Song, the Bhagavad Gita, divine melody
• Shruthi — Meanings families give: Musical pitch, what is heard; Music, sound, heard, scripture
• Veda — Meanings families give: Sacred knowledge; Sacred scripture, knowledge; Knowledge, wisdom, scripture
• Vedprakash — Meanings families give: Light of the Vedas, illuminating through sacred scripture; Light of the Vedas, knowledge bearer
• Litpreet — Love of the scripture, devoted to sacred text
• Meera — Meanings families give: Devoted, ocean; Devotee of Lord Krishna; ocean; Saintly, prosperous, ocean; Devotee of Krishna, ocean

More girls' names of Sanskrit-Rajasthani origin

• Mirabai — Devoted to Krishna, beloved mystic
• Luxmibai — Lady Lakshmi, goddess of wealth
• Padmavati — of the goddess
• Sitabai — Lady Sita, devoted pure woman
• Savitribai — Devoted wife, pious holy lady
• Krishnabai — Devoted to Krishna, dark beauty

Other names under Mithun rashi

• Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
• Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
• Dev — God, divine being
• Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mithun names.

Where this comes from

Gitabai has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.