Rita

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Translingual

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Rita f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bagridae – certain naked catfishes of south Asia.

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Romance (Italian rita, Spanish Rita). A shortening of Italian Margherita, and Spanish Margarita, cognates of English Margaret. An Italian Saint Rita was canonized in 1900. The English name came into regular use in early twentieth century.

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Proper noun

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Rita (plural Ritas)

  1. A female given name from the Romance languages, Italian, or Spanish.
    Coordinate terms: Margarita, Margaret, Margot, Margo
    • 1993, Diane Telgen, Jim Kamp, editors, Notable Hispanic American Women, VNR AG, →ISBN, page 194:
      Born Margarita Carmen Cansino to Eduardo and Volga Haworth Cansino on October 17, 1918, in New York City, Rita Hayworth was no stranger to show business.
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Etymology 2

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From South Asian languages, from Sanskrit रीता (rītā).

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Proper noun

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Rita (plural Ritas)

  1. A female given name from Sanskrit

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Italian Rita.

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Rita

  1. a female given name

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Italian Rita.

Proper noun

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Rita

  1. a female given name

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Rita f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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Matronymics

  • son of Rita: Rituson
  • daughter of Rita: Ritudóttir

Declension

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Rita
Accusative Ritu
Dative Ritu
Genitive Ritu

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈritɑ/, [ˈrit̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -itɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ri‧ta

Etymology 1

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< rita

Proper noun

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Rita

  1. a Finnish surname
Declension
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Inflection of Rita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative Rita Ridat
genitive Ridan Ritojen
partitive Ritaa Ritoja
illative Ritaan Ritoihin
singular plural
nominative Rita Ridat
accusative nom. Rita Ridat
gen. Ridan
genitive Ridan Ritojen
Ritain rare
partitive Ritaa Ritoja
inessive Ridassa Ridoissa
elative Ridasta Ridoista
illative Ritaan Ritoihin
adessive Ridalla Ridoilla
ablative Ridalta Ridoilta
allative Ridalle Ridoille
essive Ritana Ritoina
translative Ridaksi Ridoiksi
abessive Ridatta Ridoitta
instructive Ridoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Rita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ritani Ritani
accusative nom. Ritani Ritani
gen. Ritani
genitive Ritani Ritojeni
Ritaini rare
partitive Ritaani Ritojani
inessive Ridassani Ridoissani
elative Ridastani Ridoistani
illative Ritaani Ritoihini
adessive Ridallani Ridoillani
ablative Ridaltani Ridoiltani
allative Ridalleni Ridoilleni
essive Ritanani Ritoinani
translative Ridakseni Ridoikseni
abessive Ridattani Ridoittani
instructive
comitative Ritoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ritasi Ritasi
accusative nom. Ritasi Ritasi
gen. Ritasi
genitive Ritasi Ritojesi
Ritaisi rare
partitive Ritaasi Ritojasi
inessive Ridassasi Ridoissasi
elative Ridastasi Ridoistasi
illative Ritaasi Ritoihisi
adessive Ridallasi Ridoillasi
ablative Ridaltasi Ridoiltasi
allative Ridallesi Ridoillesi
essive Ritanasi Ritoinasi
translative Ridaksesi Ridoiksesi
abessive Ridattasi Ridoittasi
instructive
comitative Ritoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ritamme Ritamme
accusative nom. Ritamme Ritamme
gen. Ritamme
genitive Ritamme Ritojemme
Ritaimme rare
partitive Ritaamme Ritojamme
inessive Ridassamme Ridoissamme
elative Ridastamme Ridoistamme
illative Ritaamme Ritoihimme
adessive Ridallamme Ridoillamme
ablative Ridaltamme Ridoiltamme
allative Ridallemme Ridoillemme
essive Ritanamme Ritoinamme
translative Ridaksemme Ridoiksemme
abessive Ridattamme Ridoittamme
instructive
comitative Ritoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ritanne Ritanne
accusative nom. Ritanne Ritanne
gen. Ritanne
genitive Ritanne Ritojenne
Ritainne rare
partitive Ritaanne Ritojanne
inessive Ridassanne Ridoissanne
elative Ridastanne Ridoistanne
illative Ritaanne Ritoihinne
adessive Ridallanne Ridoillanne
ablative Ridaltanne Ridoiltanne
allative Ridallenne Ridoillenne
essive Ritananne Ritoinanne
translative Ridaksenne Ridoiksenne
abessive Ridattanne Ridoittanne
instructive
comitative Ritoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Ritansa Ritansa
accusative nom. Ritansa Ritansa
gen. Ritansa
genitive Ritansa Ritojensa
Ritainsa rare
partitive Ritaansa Ritojaan
Ritojansa
inessive Ridassaan
Ridassansa
Ridoissaan
Ridoissansa
elative Ridastaan
Ridastansa
Ridoistaan
Ridoistansa
illative Ritaansa Ritoihinsa
adessive Ridallaan
Ridallansa
Ridoillaan
Ridoillansa
ablative Ridaltaan
Ridaltansa
Ridoiltaan
Ridoiltansa
allative Ridalleen
Ridallensa
Ridoilleen
Ridoillensa
essive Ritanaan
Ritanansa
Ritoinaan
Ritoinansa
translative Ridakseen
Ridaksensa
Ridoikseen
Ridoiksensa
abessive Ridattaan
Ridattansa
Ridoittaan
Ridoittansa
instructive
comitative Ritoineen
Ritoinensa
Statistics
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  • Rita is the 3514th (tied with 13 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 219 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Etymology 2

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More directly from Italian Rita. Compare Riitta, which has been in use for longer.

Proper noun

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Rita

  1. a female given name
Declension
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Inflection of Rita (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Rita Ritat
genitive Ritan Ritojen
partitive Ritaa Ritoja
illative Ritaan Ritoihin
singular plural
nominative Rita Ritat
accusative nom. Rita Ritat
gen. Ritan
genitive Ritan Ritojen
Ritain rare
partitive Ritaa Ritoja
inessive Ritassa Ritoissa
elative Ritasta Ritoista
illative Ritaan Ritoihin
adessive Ritalla Ritoilla
ablative Ritalta Ritoilta
allative Ritalle Ritoille
essive Ritana Ritoina
translative Ritaksi Ritoiksi
abessive Ritatta Ritoitta
instructive Ritoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Rita (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ritani Ritani
accusative nom. Ritani Ritani
gen. Ritani
genitive Ritani Ritojeni
Ritaini rare
partitive Ritaani Ritojani
inessive Ritassani Ritoissani
elative Ritastani Ritoistani
illative Ritaani Ritoihini
adessive Ritallani Ritoillani
ablative Ritaltani Ritoiltani
allative Ritalleni Ritoilleni
essive Ritanani Ritoinani
translative Ritakseni Ritoikseni
abessive Ritattani Ritoittani
instructive
comitative Ritoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ritasi Ritasi
accusative nom. Ritasi Ritasi
gen. Ritasi
genitive Ritasi Ritojesi
Ritaisi rare
partitive Ritaasi Ritojasi
inessive Ritassasi Ritoissasi
elative Ritastasi Ritoistasi
illative Ritaasi Ritoihisi
adessive Ritallasi Ritoillasi
ablative Ritaltasi Ritoiltasi
allative Ritallesi Ritoillesi
essive Ritanasi Ritoinasi
translative Ritaksesi Ritoiksesi
abessive Ritattasi Ritoittasi
instructive
comitative Ritoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ritamme Ritamme
accusative nom. Ritamme Ritamme
gen. Ritamme
genitive Ritamme Ritojemme
Ritaimme rare
partitive Ritaamme Ritojamme
inessive Ritassamme Ritoissamme
elative Ritastamme Ritoistamme
illative Ritaamme Ritoihimme
adessive Ritallamme Ritoillamme
ablative Ritaltamme Ritoiltamme
allative Ritallemme Ritoillemme
essive Ritanamme Ritoinamme
translative Ritaksemme Ritoiksemme
abessive Ritattamme Ritoittamme
instructive
comitative Ritoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ritanne Ritanne
accusative nom. Ritanne Ritanne
gen. Ritanne
genitive Ritanne Ritojenne
Ritainne rare
partitive Ritaanne Ritojanne
inessive Ritassanne Ritoissanne
elative Ritastanne Ritoistanne
illative Ritaanne Ritoihinne
adessive Ritallanne Ritoillanne
ablative Ritaltanne Ritoiltanne
allative Ritallenne Ritoillenne
essive Ritananne Ritoinanne
translative Ritaksenne Ritoiksenne
abessive Ritattanne Ritoittanne
instructive
comitative Ritoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Ritansa Ritansa
accusative nom. Ritansa Ritansa
gen. Ritansa
genitive Ritansa Ritojensa
Ritainsa rare
partitive Ritaansa Ritojaan
Ritojansa
inessive Ritassaan
Ritassansa
Ritoissaan
Ritoissansa
elative Ritastaan
Ritastansa
Ritoistaan
Ritoistansa
illative Ritaansa Ritoihinsa
adessive Ritallaan
Ritallansa
Ritoillaan
Ritoillansa
ablative Ritaltaan
Ritaltansa
Ritoiltaan
Ritoiltansa
allative Ritalleen
Ritallensa
Ritoilleen
Ritoillensa
essive Ritanaan
Ritanansa
Ritoinaan
Ritoinansa
translative Ritakseen
Ritaksensa
Ritoikseen
Ritoiksensa
abessive Ritattaan
Ritattansa
Ritoittaan
Ritoittansa
instructive
comitative Ritoineen
Ritoinensa
Statistics
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  • Rita is the 288th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,787 female individuals (and as a middle name to 266 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

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Etymology

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From Italian Rita at the end of the 19th century.

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  • Audio:(file)

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Rita

  1. a female given name

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈritɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ri‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Proper noun

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Rita

  1. a female given name

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Rita Riták
accusative Ritát Ritákat
dative Ritának Ritáknak
instrumental Ritával Ritákkal
causal-final Ritáért Ritákért
translative Ritává Ritákká
terminative Ritáig Ritákig
essive-formal Ritaként Ritákként
essive-modal
inessive Ritában Ritákban
superessive Ritán Ritákon
adessive Ritánál Ritáknál
illative Ritába Ritákba
sublative Ritára Ritákra
allative Ritához Ritákhoz
elative Ritából Ritákból
delative Ritáról Ritákról
ablative Ritától Ritáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Ritáé Ritáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Ritáéi Ritákéi
Possessive forms of Rita
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Ritám Ritáim
2nd person sing. Ritád Ritáid
3rd person sing. Ritája Ritái
1st person plural Ritánk Ritáink
2nd person plural Ritátok Ritáitok
3rd person plural Ritájuk Ritáik

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈri.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Hyphenation: Rì‧ta

Proper noun

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Rita f

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Margherita

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Latvian

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Etymology

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First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1896. Short form of Margarita.

Proper noun

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Rita f

  1. a female given name

References

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  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Rita was the only given name of 7674 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Proper noun

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Rita f

  1. a female given name

Norwegian

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Etymology

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From Italian Rita at the end of the 19th century.

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Rita

  1. a female given name

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  • Popular in Norway in 1950 - 1975.

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Ri‧ta

Proper noun

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Rita f (plural Ritas)

  1. a female given name

Spanish

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Proper noun

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Rita f

  1. a female given name

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Italian Rita, later also used as a short form of Marita and Carita. First recorded as a name of Swedes in 1880.

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Rita c (genitive Ritas)

  1. a female given name

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