MEANING & HISTORY
What does Lita mean?
Lita is an established short form of longer names ending in lita. Because several parent names can supply that ending, the short form has no single inherited root gloss of its own.
Its use as a complete personal name is well documented. A meaning such as light, little one, or a particular flower requires evidence for the intended longer name rather than the four letters alone.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From the Spanish diminutive suffix -ita. Compare -ito.
a female given name; a diminutive of the female given names Carlita, Estrellita, and Perlita
EnglishEtymology & source
A female given name.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Lita in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Lita
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Alita·Name compared with Alethea or shortened from Adelita
- Cita♀Cebuano familiar form of Pacita
- Lina♀Short form of names ending in lina
- Lisa♀Short form of Elizabeth, or Cebuano Felisa
- Lito♂Familiar form from Spanish diminutive names
- Liza♀Short form of Elizabeth; God is my oath
- Nita·Short form of Anita or other -nita names
- Rita♀Short form of Margherita and other -rita names
What rhymes with Lita?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Lita further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lita (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lita (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Lita (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: lita (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.