Nita - Meaning of Nita

What does Nita mean?

[ 2 syll. ni-ta, nit-a ] The baby girl name Nita is pronounced NIY-Taa- †.

1: Nita's language of origin is Hebrew, Latin, Spanish and it is predominantly used in English. The name is derived from other longer names ending in '-nita', such as Anita.

Variation transcriptions of Nita include Lenita (English), Neata, Neatah, Neeta, Neetah, Nitah, Nitali, Nyta, Nytah, and Shenita (English).

Variant forms inherit both the origin and meaning of Nita.

2: Nita is of Native American-Choctaw origin. Here, it means bear.

Nita is an English, Indian, and Spanish contracted form of Anita.

Nita is also a Spanish variant transcription of Anna.

Nita is also an English and Spanish variant transcription of Benedicta (English and German).

Nita is also an English, Indian, and Spanish diminutive form of Benita (English and Spanish).

Nita is also a Spanish variant transcription of Bonita (English and Spanish).

Nita is also a Spanish variant transcription of Jane (English).

Nita is also a Spanish diminutive form of Juana (Spanish and English).

Nita is also an English, Indian, and Spanish diminutive form of Juanita (Spanish, English, and Hawaiian).

See also the related form, Shanita (English).

See also the related categories, bear, choctaw, english, hebrew, latin, spanish, and american.

Nita is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1955 with 0.020% of baby girls being named Nita. It had a ranking of #454 then. The baby name has experienced a substantial loss in popularity since then, and is currently of irregular use. In 2018, among the family of girl names directly related to Nita, Anna was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Nita include Nada, Nadda, Nadette, Nadie, Nadja, Nady, Nahyde, Naida, Namid, Namide, Namyd, Namyde, Nanda, Nanette, Nata, Natanne, Nati, Natie, Natti, and Nattie.

† English pronunciation for Nita: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"



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