Gender Feminine
Scripts सुजाता(Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit) সুজাতা(Bengali) ସୁଜାତା(Odia)

Meaning & History

Means "well-born", derived from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) meaning "good" and जात (jāta) meaning "born, grown". According to Buddhist lore this was the name of the woman who gave Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) a bowl of pudding, ending his period of severe asceticism.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesSocheat, Socheata(Khmer) Sujatha(Malayalam) Sujatha(Sinhalese) Sujatha(Tamil) Sujatha(Telugu)

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Entry updated October 6, 2024