Zita
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "zita"
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zita f
- a female given name
Declension
Italian
Etymology
Name of a 13th century Italian saint, of debated etymology.
Proper noun
Zita f
- a female given name
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1938. From Latin Sidonia, feminine form of the saint's name Sidonius (“a resident of Sidon”).
Proper noun
Zita f
- a female given name
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Zita was the only given name of 1066 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Lithuanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin Zitta, diminutive of Sidonia.
Proper noun
Zità f
- a female given name
References
- Kazys Kuzavinis - Bronys Savukynas: Lietuvių vardų kilmės žodynas, Vilnius, Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidykla, 1994
Occitan
Proper noun
Zita f (Gascony)
- a female given name
Further reading
- Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 157.
Slovak
Proper noun
Zita f
- a female given name
Declension
Declension of Zita (pattern žena)
Further reading
- “Zita”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024