Zitta is a female given name. The name may originate from the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

word ''zitta'' meaning ''young girl'' or from the Hungarian

pet name A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

of Felicita, from

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Felicia The name Felicia derives from the Latin adjective '' felix'', meaning "happy, lucky", though in the neuter plural form ''felicia'' it literally means "happy things" and often occurred in the phrase ''tempora felicia'', "happy times". The sense o ...

. In

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

, the word means ''saint''. In

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, the word means' the hunter'.

Name days

*Czech: ''19 September'' *Latvian: ''11 August'' *Slovak: ''2 April'' *Catholic: ''27 April'' *Hungary: ''27 April'' *Lithuanian: ''27 April''

People with the name

*Saint

Zita Zita (c. 1212 – 27 April 1272; also known as Sitha or Citha) is an Italian saint, the patron saint of maids and domestic servants. She is often appealed to in order to help find lost keys. She is often confused with St. Osyth or Ositha, ...

(c. 1212–1272), Italian saint and patron saint of maids *

Zita of Bourbon-Parma Zita of Bourbon-Parma (''Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese''; 9 May 1892 – 14 March 1989) was the wife of Charles, the last monarch of Austria-Hungary. As such, she was the last Empres ...

(1892–1989), Princess of Parma, last Empress-Consort of Austria-Hungary * Zita Cobb, Canadian businesswoman *

Zita (Hittite prince) Zita was a Hittite prince and probably the brother of Suppiluliuma I, (Šuppiluliumaš of the letters), in the 382–letter correspondence called the Amarna letters. The letters were mostly sent to the pharaoh of Egypt from 1350- 1335 BC, b ...

, Hittite prince mentioned in one of the 14th century BC Amarna letters * Zita Ajkler (born 1975), Hungarian retired long jumper, triple jumper, heptathlete and hurdler *

Zita Funkenhauser Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (born 1 July 1966) is a retired, Romanian-born German foil fencer. In 1984 and 1988 she won two team gold and bronze medal at the Olympics competing for West Germany and a silver competing for Germany. Funkenhauser is ma ...

Zita Görög Zita Görög ( hu, Görög Zita; born 27 September 1979) is a Hungarian actress and model, often credited as Zita Gorog. Life and career Görög was born in Nagybátony, Hungary. She specialized in drama at the Bródy Imre Grammar School in ...

(born 1979), Hungarian actress and model *

Zyta Gilowska Zyta Janina Gilowska (7 July 1949 – 5 April 2016) was a Polish economist, academic, and politician. Early life and education Gilowska was born in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie on 7 July 1949. In 1972, she graduated with a degree in economics from Wa ...

(1949-2016), Polish economist and politician *

Zita Gurmai Zita Gurmai (born 1 June 1965 in Budapest) is a Hungarian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2014. She is a member of the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. Education an ...

(born 1965), Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament * Zita Johann (1904–1993), Hungarian-born Broadway and film actress * Zita Kabátová (1913-2012), Czech actress * Zita Okaikoi, Ghanaian politician * Zita Nelson, Spanish-Argentine soprano * Zita Perczel (1918–1996), Hungarian actress * Zita Pleštinská (born 1961), Slovak politician and Member of the European Parliament *

Zita Sattar Zita Sattar (born 1975) is an English television, theatre, and film actress from Birmingham. Early life Sattar is of mixed descent, her mother being British and her father Pakistani. At the age of eleven, as a young amateur actress, Sattar wa ...

(born 1975), English actress *

Zita Martins Zita Carla Torrão Pinto Martins (born 1979), OSE, is a Portuguese astrobiologist, and an associate professor at Instituto Superior Técnico. She was a Royal Society University Research Fellow (URF) at Imperial College London. Her research explor ...

(born 1979), Portuguese astrobiologist * Zita Seabra (born 1949), Portuguese politician * Zita Szabó (born 1975), Hungarian retired triathlete * Zita Szeleczky (1915-1999), Hungarian actress *

Zita Szucsánszki Zita Szucsánszki (born 22 May 1987) is a Hungarian handball player for Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungarian national team. She made her international debut on 4 November 2006 against Slovakia, and represented Hungary in the 2020 Summer Olympics, ...

(born 1987), Hungarian handball player * Zita Urbonaitė (1973–2008), Lithuanian road cyclist * Zita Leeson Weinshienk (1935-2022), American judge

Fictional characters

* Zita Flores, on the American children's animated TV show ''Kim Possible''

External links

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