Kritika as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kritika

What is the meaning of the name Kritika ?

The baby name Kritika is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced KRIH-ti-ka.

Kritika is Sanskrit in Origin.

Kritika is a modern Indian spelling of Sanskrit Kṛttikā, written कृत्तिका, the name of the Pleiades asterism and of a lunar mansion in early Indian astronomy. The form belongs to Sanskrit, with the cluster tt often simplified in contemporary romanization. Etymologically it is usually connected with the verbal root √kṛt, to cut, through kṛtta, cut, giving the literal sense the cutters before its fixed astronomical use.

In Vedic and later Hindu tradition, the Kṛttikās are associated with the star cluster that fostered Skanda or Kārttikeya, a link reflected in Sanskrit literature and ritual calendars. As a given name, Kritika is chiefly feminine in India and the diaspora, especially among Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, and South Indian language communities. Spellings such as Krittika and Krithika preserve regional pronunciation habits; Kritika is the leaner Hindi-English form. U.S. records show occasional use from the 1980s, with small numbers rather than broad adoption.