THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Sita
Sita is recorded as a female given name in Cebuano. Its lexical definition links this spelling with the longer name or names Rosita and Teresita as a short or familiar form.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
Short for Teresita.
a diminutive of the female given names Rosita and Teresita
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Sanskrit सीता (sītā, “furrow”).
A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Sita in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Sita
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Cita♀Short form of Pacita
- Lita♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Nita·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Rita♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Sinta♂♀Beloved
- Sixta·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Tita♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Zita♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Sita?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Sita further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Sita (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Sita (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.