MEANING & HISTORY
What does Susmita mean?
Susmita comes from an Indic formation joining a good or lovely prefix with a smiling element. Hindi and Sanskrit-related spelling traditions can represent the name in different Latin forms.
The direct interpretation concerns a smile rather than a generic beautiful person. Its grammatical formation is distinct from similarly spelled European Susan-family names.
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Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Hindi सुष्मिता (suṣmitā, “lovely smile”), from सु- (su-, adjectival prefix) + स्मित (smile) + -आ (-ā, feminine suffix).
A female given name from India, of Indian usage.
Wiktionary: Susmita (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Susmita
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Susmita Angelique Ramos
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Susmita Angelique Ramos
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Susmita in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Susmita
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
- Juanita♀Affectionate form of Juana; God is gracious
- Purita♀Diminutive of Purificación; purification
- Rosita♀Spanish diminutive of Rosa
- Sarita♀Spanish Sara diminutive; a separate Indic river/flowing name
- Sita♀Sanskrit furrow-name or Philippine nickname
- Sumiko♀Japanese Sumiko; 澄子 combines clarity and child
- Susana♀Form of Susanna; lily-name tradition
- Susing♀Familiar Susan or Susanna; a botanical Hebrew family
What rhymes with Susmita?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Susmita further
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- Wikidata given-name item Q7649140 — Susmita (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Susmita Angelique Ramos (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q7649140 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Susmita (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Susmita (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.