Garvita (गर्विता, IAST: garvitā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is proud with divine, righteous majesty”. From garva (pride, majestic self-assurance) with the feminine suffix itā, the name celebrates a pride that is not ego-born but the natural, luminous dignity of the supreme Devī who knows her own incomparable greatness.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Garva in ordinary usage means pride or arrogance, but when applied to the Goddess in the stotra tradition it is transformed into a devotional quality — the sovereign self-possession and regal bearing that belong to one whose glory is absolute and whose compassion is boundless. It evokes the image of Lalitā seated in her Śrīcakra with serene confidence, unthreatened and complete. Her garvitā is the natural consequence of being the ground of all existence.

In the Lalitā Sahasranāma this name emphasises the Goddess's majestic self-assurance as an attribute of her divine completeness. Pronounced gar-vi-taa, it is a short, pleasing, and perfectly usable name for a girl.

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Scriptural source

Garvita appears in the Lalitha Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Lalitha.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Garvita aligns with the Dhanishta nakshatra, under the Makara rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 9.