| Name info: About the name Rita in particular | | Gender: | female |
| Languages of use: | German, Spanish, Italian |
| Is short form of: | Margherita |
| Topics: | Asteroid 1180 Rita, discovered 1931, diameter 82.0 km, period 14.902 years |
| Saints: | Rita of Cascia |
| US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
| Similarly written: | Brita, Drita, Eita, Reta, Reta, Ria, Rica, Rika, Rina, Ritva Details |
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| Group info: About Margarete, the group of names with the same origin as Rita | | Meaning/translation: | the pearl |
| Language of origin: | Old Greek |
| Info about origin: | known in the Middle Ages as the name of Saint Margaret of Antioch (3th/4th century AD) |
| | the greek word margarites might come from a Persian word with the meaning child of light (from a belief that a pearl is a drop of dew transformed by moonlight) |
| Words: | margarites = the pearl Old Greek |
| Topics: | 14 Holy Helpers |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:Margaret England+Wales 1944, 3:Megan England+Wales 1998, 4:Rita Croatia 2021, 4:Marit Norway 2015, 4:Malgorzata Poland 2012, 5:Margareta Sweden 2014, 5:Margarita Mexico 2008, 7:Greta Italy 2014, 7:Margrethe Greenland 2011, 8:Margit Hungary 2014 |
| Name variants: | Greta, Gréta, Gretchen, Grete, Gretel, Grethe, Grit, Gritli, Gritt, Gritta, Maarit, Maegan, Maggie, Maggy, Magret, Mairead, Maisie, Maisy, Malgorzata, Marga, Margaret, Margareta, Margarete, Margaretha, Margarethe, Margarida, Margarita, Margaritha, Margaux, Marge, Margery, Margherita, Margie, Margit, Margitta, Margo, Margot, Margret, Margrét, Margrete, Margreth, Margrethe, Margrit, Margrith, Margritha, Margrjet, Marguerite, Marit, Marjorie, Markéta, Märta, Meagan, Meaghan, Meg, Megan, Megane, Meggy, Meghan, Merete, Meta, Peggy, Reta, Rita Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Rita | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| Belgium prevalence | | 2013 7 |
| Brazil prevalence | | 2013 14 |
| Croatia | Graph | 2022 7, 2021 4, 2020 7, 2019 9, 2018 10, 2017 16 |
| England+Wales decades | Graph | 1954 77, 1944 41, 1934 27, 1924 79 |
| Germany prevalence | | 2005 51 |
| Portugal | Graph | 2020 33, 2019 35, 2018 36, 2017 30, 2016 27, 2015 27, 2014 23, 2013 19, 2012 17, 2011 18, 2010 16 |
| Switzerland | | 1997 298 |
| Switzerland prevalence | | 2013 22 |
| USA decades | Graph | 1990-1999 717, 1980-1989 367, 1960-1969 126 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2002 917, 2001 845, 2000 879, 1999 924, 1998 862, 1997 849, 1996 703, 1995 707, 1994 671, 1993 653 |
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