Rita (meaning and origin)

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Rita

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Meaning and origin
Rita is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `pearl, precious `.

Where is it used?
The name Rita is mainly used in English, Scandinavian, German, Italian, Spanish and in Portuguese.

It is an abbreviated form of
Margarita, used in Spanish and in Russian.

See also
In English: Margaret

What Rita`s say about their name

The best thing about the name Rita:
a short form of margarita
The worst thing about the name:
nothing
If my name wasn`t Rita....:
no
Extra information:

More `Rita` links
Rita as abbreviation
Actors named Rita
Rita in the encyclopedia

Statistics for Rita

Rita doesn`t appear in 2007`s top-1000 name list.
The last time Rita appeared in the top-1000 was 6 years ago, in 2002. It ranked #919 in that year. The name reached the top-100 5 times. 1930 was a `top year` for the name Rita. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #42. Our records go back to 1880

Year	Rank	Rank
2007	---
2006	---
2005	---
2004	---
2003	---
2002	919
2001	848
2000	883
1999	930
1998	865
1997	852
1996	703
1995	709
1994	669
1993	655
1992	588
1991	555
1990	547
1980	300
1970	203
1960	96
1950	56
1940	70
1930	42
1920	52
1910	198
1900	255
1890	349
1880	385