Kheda
From Sanskrit, where *kheḍa* meant a village or small settlement, a place where people knew your name. Only about 120 women in Poland carry it, nearly all named in the early 2000s, so meeting one would stay with you.
Kheda Pronunciation
Kheda is pronounced KKHE-dah (/ˈkxɛda/).
What Kheda means
Where Kheda comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kheda comes from Sanskrit, where kheḍa names a village or a small settlement. The word belonged to old geography and administration, marking places where people lived close together and worked shared land. As a first name it stays rare, and it keeps that plain sense: a hamlet, a cluster of houses.
There is a place behind the sound too. Kheda is a district and town in Gujarat, in western India, recorded for centuries. The name marked a spot on a map before it ever marked a person.
Given to a child, it turns that idea of a small, settled place into something personal. A village is where people know your name. The sound is short. It reads the same in a Polish class register as it does in Sanskrit script. The meaning holds: wioska, a hamlet, a village.
How many people are named Kheda
1 in 187865 women in Poland is named Kheda. 120 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3072 among female names.
Kheda's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.