Amrita

Where Amrita comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Amrita
  • Sanskrit
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1973
    First appearance
    #7,435 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1999
    Peak, #3,313
    38 babies named Amrita — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #7,636.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.