Perdita is a feminine given name derived from ''perditus'', meaning ''

lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

''. It was used by

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

for an abandoned princess, the heroine of his 1610 play ''

The Winter's Tale ''The Winter's Tale'' is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some criti ...

'', and for a canine heroine of

Dodie Smith Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing ''I Capture the Castle'' (1948) and the children's novel ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1956). Other works i ...

's 1956 book ''

The Hundred and One Dalmatians ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' is a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith about the kidnapping of a family of Dalmatian (dog), Dalmatian puppies. It was originally serialized in ''Woman's Day'' as ''The Great Dog Robbery'', and details the ...

'' and the

Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. The studio is the flagship producer of live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios uni ...

1961 film adaptation of the book, '' One Hundred and One Dalmatians''.

Women

Perdita Barran Perdita Elizabeth Barran is a Professor of Mass Spectrometry at the University of Manchester. She is Director of the Michael Barber Centre for Collaborative Mass Spectrometry. She develops and applies ion-mobility spectrometry–mass spectromet ...

, English chemist *

Perdita Buchan The Hon. Perdita Caroline Buchan (born 16 December 1940) is an Anglo- American author and journalist. As a writer she uses her maiden name, but is also known by her married name of Perdita Buchan Connolly. Background Buchan was born in 1940, th ...

(born 1940), Anglo-American author *

Perdita Felicien Perdita Felicien (born August 29, 1980) is a Canadian retired hurdler. Felicien is the 2003 World champion in the 100 metres hurdles and 2004 World indoor champion in the 60 metres hurdles. She also won silver medals at the 2007 World Champions ...

(born 1980), Canadian track athlete *

Perdita Huston Perdita Constance Huston (May 2, 1936 – December 4, 2001) was an American journalist and women's rights activist. She is commemorated by the international Perdita Huston Human Rights Award. Born in Portland, Maine, Huston studied in France an ...

(1936–2001), American women's rights activist *

Perdita Stevens Perdita Emma Stevens (born 1966) is a British mathematician, theoretical computer scientist, and software engineer who holds a personal chair in the mathematics of software engineering as part of the School of Informatics at the University of Edi ...

(born 1966), British mathematician and computer scientist *

Perdita Weeks Perdita Rose Weeks (born 25 December 1985) is a British actress who plays Juliet Higgins in the CBS-turned-NBC reboot series ''Magnum P.I.'' Life and education Weeks was born in South Glamorgan, to Robin and Susan (née Wade) Weeks, was educat ...

(born 1985), British actress

Fiction

* Perdita (''The Winter's Tale''), the heroine of Shakespeare's play ''The Winter's Tale'' *Perdita Boyte, a character from the 1936 novel ''

And Berry Came Too ''And Berry Came Too'' is a 1936 collection of comic short stories by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), featuring his recurring 'Berry' characters. Plot The book consists of eight short stories, mostly set in Hampshi ...

'' by Dornford Yates *Perdita Halley Reisden, a character in Sarah Smith's historical mystery series''The Vanished Child'', ''The Knowledge of Water'', ''Citizen of the Country'' and ''Crimes and Survivors'' *

Perdita Hyde-Sinclair Perdita "Perdy" Hyde-Sinclair (also Hyde) is a fictional character from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by Georgia Slowe. She made her first on screen appearance on 1 March 2006. Casting In March 2006, ''Inside Soap'' announced Slo ...

, a character from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' *Perdita Nitt, aka Agnes Nitt, a character in the ''

Witches Witchcraft traditionally means the use of magic or supernatural powers to harm others. A practitioner is a witch. In medieval and early modern Europe, where the term originated, accused witches were usually women who were believed to have use ...

'' subset of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series *Perdita Willoughby-Lloyd, a minor character from the TV series ''

The Haunting of Bly Manor ''The Haunting of Bly Manor'' is an American gothic romance drama streaming television miniseries created by Mike Flanagan, and released on October 9, 2020 by Netflix. The second entry in Flanagan's '' The Haunting'' anthology series, it mostly ...

'' *Queen Perdita of Vlatava, a character of the animated superhero series ''

Young Justice Young Justice is a fictional DC Comics superhero team consisting of teenaged heroes. The team was formed in 1998 when DC's usual teen hero group, the Teen Titans, had become adults and changed their name to the Titans. Like the original ''Teen ...

'' *Perdita, a female Dalmatian dog in ''

'', a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith, and the media franchise based on the novel; see

101 Dalmatians (disambiguation) 101 Dalmatians may refer to: * ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1956 novel written by Dodie Smith * 101 Dalmatians (franchise), a Disney film franchise based on the novel ** ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1961 animated film based on th ...

* The Free Ship Perdita, a sky-sailing ship in the 1999 novel '' Stardust'' (1999) by Neil Gaiman

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