Perdita

Latin
"lost"

Perdita Origin and Meaning

The name Perdita is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lost".

A Shakespearean invention for an abandoned baby in The Winter's Tale, Perdita's sense of loss has always been off-putting to parents. But her image was somewhat resuscitated by its association with the appealing canine character in Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmations.

Perdita Popularity

Famous People Named Perdita

  • Perdita Rose Annunziata Weeks
    British actress
  • Perdita Caroline Buchan
    Anglo,American novelist
  • Perdita Felicien
    Canadian hurdler
  • Perdita Constance Huston
    American journalist and activist
  • Perdita Schaffner
    daughter of the poet Hilda "H.D." Doolittle
  • Lady Perdita Rose Mary Asquith
    daughter of Katharine and Raymond Asquith

Perdita in Pop Culture

  • Perdita
    character in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale
  • Perdita
    dog in Disney's "One Hundred and One Dalmatians"
  • Perdita Durango
    character in films "Wild At Heart" and "Dance With the Devil"
  • Perdita Lyford
    heroine in Barbara Cartland's book "The Daring Deception"
  • Perdita "Perdy" Hyde
    Sinclair, character on British soap "Emmerdale"
  • "Perdita
    " novel by Hilary Cunningham Scharper and its main character
  • Perdita
    a soldier in Gregor The Overlander
  • Perdita Willoughby
    the sister of Viola in The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Romance Of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James.