Rita

REE-ta

Spanish, Hindi

"pearl; truth, order"

Rita Origin and Meaning

The name Rita is a girl's name of Hindi origin meaning "pearl; truth, order".

One of the glamour girl names of the Rita Hayworth 1940s, Rita was once a Top 50 name and stayed on the SSA list until 2002.

The name Rita still has enough Latin zip to be a lively, revivable short form of Margarita. Other namesakes include Puerto Rican actress/singer Rita Moreno (born Rosa), poet Rita Dove and novelist Rita Mae Brown. Rita Skeeter is a Harry Potter character.

In Indian religion and philosophy, Rita is the cosmic order mentioned in the Vedas.

Rita Rank in US Top 1000

# 919 in the US

Rita Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 900 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Rita

• 900 Nameberry 2025
• 370 Unique 2023
• 862 England 2023
• 33 Portugal 2020
• 83 Poland 2024
• 88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2023
• 3 Croatia 2023

20 Names Similar to Rita

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Famous People Named Rita

• Saint Rita of Cascia Augustinian nun
• Rita of Armenia Empress consort of Michael IX Palaiologos of the Byzantine Empire
• Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino) American actress
• Rita Dolores Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío) Puerto Rican,American actress and singer
• Rita Rudner American comedienne
• Rita Sahatçiu Ora British/Kosovare singer,songwriter
• Rita Antoinette Rizzo aka Mother Angelica American founder of the EWTN TV network
• Rita Joanne Simons English actress
• Rita Tushingham English actress
• Rita Volk (born Margarita Volkovinskaya) Uzbek,American actress
• Rita Wilson (born Margarita Ibrahimoff) American actress; wife of actor Tom Hanks
• Rita Lee Brazilian lead singer of rock band Os Mutantes
• Rita Frances Dove American poet
• Rita Mae Brown American novelist and activist
• Rita Levi Montalcini, Italian neurobiologist; winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine
• Alpharita Constantia "Rita" Marley Cuban,Jamaican singer; widow of singer Bob Marley
• Rita MacNeil Canadian country music singer
• Rita Coolidge American singer,songwriter

The name Rita in Pop Culture

• Rita Skeeter character from the "Harry Potter" series
• Rita Rose Vrataski character in movie "Edge of Tomorrow"
• Rita character in the Divergent series
• Rita Bennett character on TV's "Dexter"
• Rita Saluki dog in Disney's "Oliver & Company"
• Rita Tanner character on British soap "Coronation Street"
• Rita Morris character on British TV series "Single Father"
• Rita Mason character in "Does My Head Look Big in This?" by Randa Abdel,Fattah
• Rita Nelson character in video game "The Sims 3" Moonlight Bay
• Rita Ortiz main character in "The Second Time We Met" by Leila Cobo
• Rita Barber character on TV's "American Gothic"
• Rita George character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
• Rita singing cat in animated series "Animaniacs," partner of Runt
• Susan "Rita" White character in film "Educating Rita"
• Rita character in 2002 film "Cypher"
• Rita roller coaster at Alton Towers
• Rita red fox in Danish animated series "Jungledyret Hugo"
• Rita Mordio character in video game "Tales of Vesperia"
• Rita Repulsa main villain on TV's "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers"
• Rita Stapleton character on American soap "The Guiding Light"
• Rita Louise Watson main character in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
• Rita Loud character from the Nickelodeon show "The Loud House"
• Rita Santos character on TV's "Mako Mermaids"
• "Lovely Rita " song by The Beatles
• Rita character on "The Penumbra Podcast"

International Variations of the name Rita

• Rheta German
• Reta German
• Rida Portuguese
• Rhita German