Boy · Sanskrit · Hindu
Mahit
महितSay it MA-hit
- Meaning today
- Honoured, respected
- Original meaning
- "honoured, celebrated; proper, right" Monier-Williams, p. 803
- Say it
- MA-hit
- Written
- महित
- Other spellings
- Mahith
Mahit
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Mahit meaning
Mahit (महित) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
Honoured, celebrated; proper, right
Also used to mean: respected
Mahit (महित) is Sanskrit mahita, the past participle of mah, "to honour, to magnify, to exalt". Monier-Williams gives honoured or celebrated, and also proper or right. The same word has some unexpected senses: as a masculine noun it names a class of ancestors and Mount Kailasa, and as a neuter noun it means the trident of Shiva. Name lists give "honoured" or "respected", which matches the main dictionary sense. The name is short and modern-sounding, and is most often written Mahith in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 803 · entry mahita · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, mahita, p. 803
Fits your syllable
First sound म
Magha nakshatra, pada 1 · Simha rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is मा, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Mahit · Mahith