Rita (first name)

Rita is a mostly female given name .

Origin and meaning

The female first name is an Italian form of Margarete or short form of Margherita meaning "the pearl ".

name day

The name day of Rita is the 22. May .

Name bearers

• Rita (singer) (* 1962), Israeli singer and actress
• Saint Rita of Cascia (1381–1447), Catholic nun
• Rita Amedick , German Classical Archaeologist
• Rita Blanco (born 1963), Portuguese actress
• Rita Cardinale (* 1975), Hungarian porn actress
• Rita Coolidge (* 1945), American musician of Indian descent
• Rita Czech-Blasel (* 1934), German cross-country skier
• Rita Engelmann (* 1948), German actress and voice actress
• Rita Ernst (* 1956), Swiss artist
• Rita Falk (* 1964), German author
• Rita Faltoyano (* 1978), Hungarian porn actress
• Rita von Gaudecker (called Aunt Rita; 1879–1968), German writer
• Rita Gerschner (* 1941), German badminton player
• Rita Hayworth (1918–1987), American actress
• Rita Kempley (* 1945), American film critic and journalist
• Rita König (* 1977), Romanian-German foil fencer
• Rita Marley (* 1946), widow of musician Bob Marley
• Rita Mažukėlytė-Petra (* 1985), Lithuanian football player
• Rita-Maria Nowotny (1925–2000), German actress
• Rita Ora (* 1990), British singer
• Rita Paul (* 1928), German singer, actress and cabaret artist
• Rita Pavone (* 1945), Italian singer
• Rita Raines (1930-2014), American singer
• Rita Russek (* 1952), German actress
• Rita Schulz (* 1961), German astrophysicist
• Reta Shaw (1912–1982), American actress
• Rita Süssmuth (* 1937), German politician
• Rita Volk (* 1990), American actress
• Rita Wilson (born 1956), American actress
• Rita Zeqiri (* 1995), Kosovar swimmer

Name bearer

• Rita Marko (1920–2018), Albanian politician