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Zita

OriginItalian or Persian; Greek
Meaning"little girl; seeker"

About Zita

A thirteenth-century Tuscan saint, patron of homemakers, Zita is the kind of name that sounded really creative in an earlier era.

Pronounced ZEE-tuh.

As of October 2026, Zita ranked #7130 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #685 in 1884.

Editor: Pamela Redmond

Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.

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Famous Zitas

  • Saint Zita

    Italian patron of domestics

  • Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese of Bourbon

    Parma, last Empress of Austria as wife of Emperor Charles

  • Zita

    Eva Funkenhauser, German Olympic fencer

  • Elisabeth "Zita" Johann

    Austrian,American actress

  • Zita Görög

    Hungarian actress

  • Marie Christine Anne Astrid Zita Charlotte

    Archduchess of Austria, daughter of Archduke Carl Christian

  • Magdalena Maria Alexandra Zita Charlotte (b. 2016)

    Archduchess of Austria, daughter of Archduke Imre

Zita in pop culture

  • Zita

    character in G. A. Henty's "Friends Though Divided"

  • Zita Swoon

    Belgian indie rock band

  • Zita Flores

    character in animated TV series "Kim Possible"

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