Rita name - Meaning of Rita
- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 3
- Usage
- Italian, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Latin
- Pronounced
- REE-tə (English) , REE-tah (German)
- Rita Meaning
- Short form of Margherita or other names ending in rita. A famous bearer was American actress Rita Hayworth (1918-1987). Rita originates in Greek language and is a diminutive of Margarita or Margaret. Margaret is derived from the Greek word margarites, which means "pearl". One of the most famous bearers of this name is probably the former Conservative Prime Minister of the UK Margaret Thatcher, nicknamed the "Iron Lady". The name has become popular again recently after decrease in usage within the 20th century. The name Rita was probably popularized by the famous American actress Rita Hayworth.
Rita Related Names
Variant:, Ritah, Reeta, Ritta
Other Languages: Margarid, Margarit (Armenian), Margarita (Bulgarian), Margarida (Catalan), Margareta (Croatian), Markéta (Czech), Margareta, Margaretha, Margriet, Greet, Greetje, Griet, Margreet (Dutch), Maret (Estonian), Maarit, Margareta, Marketta, Margareeta, Reeta, Reetta (Finnish), Marguerite, Margaux, Margot (French), Margarida (Galician), Margrét (Icelandic), Mairéad (Irish), Margarita (Late Roman), Margreet, Greet (Limburgish), Margarita (Lithuanian), Margaid, Paaie (Manx), Meggy (Medieval English), Margarida (Occitan), Małgorzata, Marzena (Polish), Margareta (Romanian), Margarita (Russian), Maighread, Mairead, Maisie, Marsaili, Mysie, Peigi (Scottish), Margita, Markéta (Slovak), Margareta, Marjeta (Slovene), Marged, Mererid, Mared, Megan (Welsh)
Rita Celebrities
Rita Angus - painter, Rita Coolidge - singer, Rita Cosby - journalist, Rita Donagh - artist, Rita Dove - poet, Rita Hayworth - actress, Rita Hosking - singer, Rita Lee - musician, Rita Moreno - actress, Rita Rudner - writer, Rita Wilson - actress, Rita Abatzi - singer,
