Sujata

Sujata
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Hindi Sanskrit
Origin
Meaning	"birth" "from a good family origin" "origin"
Region of origin	India
Other names
Related names	Sujatha

Sujātā (Hindi: सुजाता) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian popular feminine given name, which means "birth", "from a good family origin" and"origin".

Notable people named Sujata

• Sujata Bhatt (born May 6, 1956), German-Indian poetess.
• Sujata Day, (born June 27, 1984), American-Indian actress, model and screenwriter.
• Sujata Keshavan (born 1961), Indian graphic designer.
• Sujata Manohar (born August 28, 1934), Indian judge and member of the National Human Rights Commission of India.
• Sujata Massey (born 1964), American-British writer.
• Sujata Mohapatra (born June 27, 1968), Indian choreographer and dancer
• Sujata Nahar (born December 12, 1925 – died May 4, 2007), Indian writer.
• Sujata Sridhar (born December 25, 1961), Indian cricketer.

Notable people named Sujatha

• Sujatha (actress) (born December 10, 1952 – died April 6, 2011), Indian actress.
• Sujatha Alahakoon (born March 9, 1959), Sri Lankan politician.
• Sujatha Mohan (born March 31, 1963), Indian singer.
• Sujatha Rangarajan (born May 3, 1935 – died February 27, 2008), Indian writer.
• Sujatha Sivakumar, Indian actress.

Notable people with last name Sujatha

• C. S. Sujatha (born May 28, 1965), Indian politician and member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India.

Films/series

• Sujatha (1953 film), directed by T. Sundaram, D. V. Chari.
• Sujata (1959 film), directed by Bimal Roy.
• Sujatha (1977 film), directed by Hariharan.
• Sujatha (1980 film), directed by Mohan.
• Sujata (TV series), a 2008 Indian TV series.

Others

• Sujatha Vidyalaya, girls' secondary school in Sri Lanka.
• Sujata Sadan, theatre auditorium in Kolkata, West Bengal.
• INS Sujata, Sukanya class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.
• Sujata and seven types of wives, the unruly daughter-in-law of Anathapindika, a lay-disciple of the Buddha, who later became a slave-wife to her husband .
• Sujata Bhikkhuni, one of the Buddha's arahant nuns.
• Sujata, a maiden who, in Gautama Buddha's life, offered the Buddha a bowl of milk rice before he gave up the path of asceticism following six years of extreme austerities.
• Sujata is a name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.