The baby name Pritilota is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced pree-TEE-loh-tah (approx. IPA: /priːtiˈloʊtɑː/).
The baby name Pritilota is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced pree-TEE-loh-tah (approx. IPA: /priːtiˈloʊtɑː/).
Pritilota is Bengali, Sanskrit in Origin.
Pritilota is a feminine given name from the eastern Indo-Aryan sphere, especially Bengali. It derives from Sanskrit priti (love, joy, affection) plus lata (creeper, vine), yielding the poetic sense "vine of love" and, by extension, "one imbued with affection and grace." In Bengali orthography the mid vowel often appears as -a-, so both Pritilota and Pritilata reflect the same etymon.
The name has strong cultural resonance in Bengal due to Pritilata Waddedar (1911–1932), a famed anti-colonial revolutionary, which helped keep the name in circulation through the twentieth century. Usage remains most common in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, with rarer occurrence elsewhere in South Asia and the diaspora. Common spellings include Pritilata (more widespread), Preetilata/Pretilata, and this Bengali form Pritilota; nicknames include Priti/Preeti and Lata. Related names built on the same roots are Preeti/Priti and Latika/Lata.
Pritilota is rarely chosen. We have only 7 recorded uses of it on record, from 2 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD | Girls | 0 | #401 | 6 | 8,413 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
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