Amitava

Meaning

boundless light, boundless splendor; a Bengali form of Amitabha, the name of a principal Buddha of Mahayana Buddhism

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Amitava has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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Sashanka Aritra Angshuman Subhrangshu Sukanta Samudra

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