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RESEARCHED ENTRY NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Tita.

Familiar form of Marta; also feminine of Tito

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Gender context
Girl
Letters
4
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
Not verified
First letter
T
Sources
9

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

MEANING & HISTORY

What does Tita mean?

Tita has more than one documented personal-name formation. A specialist first-name survey records it as a familiar form through Martita and Marta, and also as feminine to Tito in Romance languages.

The Marta route leads to Martha, while Tito belongs to the ancient Titus family. These alternatives should not be merged into one invented meaning. The personal name is also distinct from the Filipino everyday address tita, auntie, despite their identical spelling.

References for this explanation

  1. What’s in a Name — Tita ↗
  2. Behind the Name — Titus ↗
  3. Wiktionary contributors — Tita (English) ↗
  4. Wiktionary contributors — Tita (Italian) ↗

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.

Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads

People with the name Tita

Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.

The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).

Use in Philippine-linked records

Public-record transcription

6

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 ↗

Wikidata

3

distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim

Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Tita Muñoz, Tita Duran

PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Tita in the birth records

Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.

No exact-spelling count for Tita appears in the PSA name tables included here. This does not mean zero births or prove that the name is rare.

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 Tita

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

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What rhymes with Tita?

No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.

Names with a similar written ending

Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.

AgapitaAlfreditaAlicitaAlitaAmelitaAnalitaAnecitaAngelita

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Follow the sources

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Wikidata given-name item Q2436761 — Tita (opens in a new tab)

    Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.

  4. Wikidata — Tita Muñoz (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2436761 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.

  5. Wikidata — Tita Duran (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2436761 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.

  6. Wiktionary contributors — Tita (English) (opens in a new tab)

    Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.

  7. What’s in a Name — Tita (opens in a new tab)

    Exact given-name account records Martita/Marta familiar form and Romance feminine of Tito; the site cites The Oxford Names Companion, not independently inspected here.

  8. Behind the Name — Titus (opens in a new tab)

    The Tito/Titus alternative belongs to an ancient Roman name family, whose ultimate root is not securely established.

  9. Wiktionary contributors — Tita (Italian) (opens in a new tab)

    Live Italian entry independently records Tita as the feminine form of Tito and qualifies it as a female given name.