Entry № 9582 · Sanskrit origin

Shitala Shitala — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHEE-tah-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Cool / Shitala Devi"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "cool / shitala devi".

Shitala is from the Sanskrit Śītalā.

Cool / Shitala Devi — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

शीतला
Transliteration
Śītalā
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃiː.tə.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shitala stands.

Shitala does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Shitalas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Shitala Devi smallpox / Shitala-Ashtaka / Skanda Bhavishya Purana / Chaitra Ashtami
Sanskrit cool cold-touched + śīta cold + Śītalā Mātā Devi of smallpox-diseases-fevers cools-and-heals + Śītalā-Aṣṭaka eight-verse hymn + Skanda Purana + Bhavishya Purana + Bengal Shitala Devi + pot + broom + winnowing-fan + neem-leaves + donkey + Śītalā-Aṣṭamī Chaitra-Krishna-Ashtami
Hindu Shakta

Names connected to Shitala.

The number behind Shitala.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Shitala reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.