Deepa
The name means "light" or "lamp". In Poland it barely registers: fewer than 40 women carry it and no girls have been given it this century, so most Poles have never met one.
Deepa Pronunciation
What Deepa means
Where Deepa comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Deepa means light, and also lamp. In Polish that is światło. The word beneath it is the Sanskrit dīpa, a small clay lamp fed with oil and a cotton wick. The lamp becomes a name.
Deepa comes to Polish rolls from outside the usual European stock. It brings its meaning intact, with no Slavic cousin to blur it. Deepavali, the autumn festival of lamps, keeps the same dīpa in its opening syllable. A word for a person and a word for a row of flames share one root.
In a Polish class register, Deepa sits between Dominika and Dorota, three letters shorter than either. The teacher reads the list. She reaches a name that means światło, the light held inside a lamp.
How many people are named Deepa
1 in 578047 women in Poland is named Deepa. 39 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6201 among female names.