Zita

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Female Name

Usage

Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Italian name of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include:

1) Latin (medieval Tuscan dialect) zita, zitta = 'girl' ^[1]

2) Greek zētein = 'to seek' ^[1]

3) Short form of Felicitas ^[2]

Related Names

Zita	♀

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1914 ^[2]

Statistics

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Zita.

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi