Shamita as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shamita

What is the meaning of the name Shamita ?

The baby name Shamita is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced shuh-MEE-tuh.

Shamita is Sanskrit in Origin.

Shamita is the Anglicized spelling of Sanskrit Śamitā, written शमिता in Devanagari, a feminine form built on the adjective śamita. The base is the verbal root √śam, to become quiet, cease, or be pacified, with the past-participial suffix -ita; the feminine ending -ā gives śamitā. Its literal sense is pacified, calmed, or appeased, rather than a separate word for peace.

In modern naming, Shamita belongs to the Sanskritic register shared by Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali, and other South Asian languages, where final long ā is often rendered simply as a in English. Spellings such as Śamitā and Shamitha reflect transliteration and regional orthography, not distinct etymologies. The name’s semantic field touches Hindu philosophical vocabulary, especially śama, mental quiet or restraint in Vedantic usage. Public recognition outside India is largely contemporary, helped by Indian actress Shamita Shetty.

⚙ Shamita is a rare name. There are only 76 recorded uses of it in our data, from 18 countries.