THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Nita
Nita appears in 3 eligible records in the OpenHalalan transcription of COMELEC’s 2001 elected-candidate lists. The recorded spelling is kept separate from other spellings. This documents a source-reported name form, not a lexical meaning, a birth count, or a national popularity rank.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Clipping of Anita and other names ending in nita.
A female given name.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Spanish Anita, diminutive of Ana (“Ann”).
A female given name from Spanish.
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
3
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
Nita in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Nita
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
- Anita♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Cita♀Short form of Pacita
- Lita♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Nica♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Nida·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Nila♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Nina♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Niña♀From niña.
What rhymes with Nita?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Nita 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 — Nita (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Nita (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.