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Samhita Samhita — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SAHM-hee-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Vedic collection (Sanskrit + Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "vedic collection (sanskrit + rigveda yajurveda samaveda atharvaveda)".

Samhita is from the Sanskrit संहिता (Saṃhitāput together, collection, compilation). A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit-Hindu-Vedic heritage aesthetic. Samhita is one of the foundational Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu-Vedic heritage. The foundational Sanskrit Saṃhitā concept is central to foundational Vedic Samhitas (foundational core compositional layer of foundational four Vedas — foundational Rigveda Samhita ~1500-1200 BCE foundational oldest religious text in foundational Indo-European tradition + 1,028 hymns + 10,600 verses + foundational Yajurveda Samhita sacrificial formulas + foundational Samaveda Samhita melodic chants foundational basis of Indian classical music + foundational Atharvaveda Samhita magical-spell hymns). Foundational subject of foundational Hindu śruti (heard/revealed) scripture heritage + foundational Sanskrit literary heritage + foundational Mira Nair The Namesake (2006) heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name.

Featured throughout Sanskrit heritage.

Vedic collection (Sanskrit-Hindu-Vedic). Foundational Sanskrit-Hindu feminine + foundational Sanskrit Saṃhitā concept + foundational Vedic Samhitas foundational core compositional layer of four Vedas + foundational Rigveda Samhita ~1500-1200 BCE foundational oldest religious text in Indo-European tradition + 1,028 hymns + 10,600 verses + foundational Yajurveda Samhita sacrificial formulas + foundational Samaveda Samhita melodic chants foundational basis of Indian classical music + foundational Atharvaveda Samhita magical-spell hymns + foundational Hindu śruti heard/revealed scripture heritage + foundational Sanskrit literary heritage.

The name in its native script.

संहिता
Transliteration
Saṃhitā
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɑːm.hi.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Samhita stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Samhita · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Samhitas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vedic Samhitas
Four Vedas core compositional layer + Rigveda oldest Indo-European text.

Names connected to Samhita.

The number behind Samhita.

7

The Seeker

Samhita reduces to seven.

Why families chose this name.

"Sanskrit Vedic collection. Seven letters. Samhita."
Pratima · Mother of one · Varanasi