Nita

Nita: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “grace; favor”
Origin: Spanish
Say it: NEE-tuh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Often used as a short form of Anita, itself a Spanish diminutive of Ana, from Hebrew Hannah. Nita is also found independently in several languages, so exact origin can vary by bearer.

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How popular is Nita?

20243.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Nita in 202410

Peak year1895

Total US babies since 188014,261

Nita is steady now but far below its 1895 peak.

Names like Nita

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Anitagrace · Spanish
Jadestone of the side · Spanish
Savannahtreeless plain · Spanish
Catalinapure · Spanish
Amayamother city · Spanish
Ximenameaning uncertain · Spanish
Aitanafrom the Aitana mountain · Spanish
Lolasorrows · Spanish

Nita questions

What does the name Nita mean?

Nita means "grace; favor". It comes from Spanish. Often used as a short form of Anita, itself a Spanish diminutive of Ana, from Hebrew Hannah. Nita is also found independently in several languages, so exact origin can vary by bearer.

Is Nita a boy or girl name?

Nita is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Nita?

10 US babies were named Nita in 2024. Its peak year was 1895.

How do you pronounce Nita?

Nita is usually pronounced NEE-tuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.