At a Glance
- Origin
- Modern literary coinage (Russian)
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- ah-eh-LEE-tah
Aelita is a modern literary coinage (Russian) girl's name. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Aelita
Origin: modern literary coinage (Russian).
A common claim: said to mean 'light' or 'from the sun' Actually: Aelita doesn't come from a word meaning 'sunlight' — it was coined by Aleksei Tolstoy for his novel, not derived from an existing word.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Aelita
ah-eh-LEE-tah
Popularity of Aelita
Aelita doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Aelita
Similar Names
Aletheia · Acantha · Alcyone · Thessaly · Althea · Seraphina
