Rita (given name)
Rita is a female given name, often a name in its own right, but mostly a shortened version of Margarita. The feast day of Rita is generally celebrated on May 22 in honor of Saint Rita of Cascia.
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Latin |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Derived from names like Margarita (pearl) |
| Other names | |
| Related names | |
In media and entertainment
In film, television and theater
- Rita Avila, Filipina actress
- Rita Bell (1893-1992), American singer, entertainer
- Rita Camarneiro (born 1988), Portuguese comedian and TV presenter
- Rita Christiani (1917–2008), Trinidad-born African-American dancer
- Rita Hayworth (1918–1987), American actress
- Rita Sririta Jensen (born 1981), Thai model and actress
- Rita Moreno (born 1931), Puerto Rican-born American actress
- Rita Raave (born 1951), Estonian actress
- Rita Ratnayake (1934–2006), Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema actress
- Rita Rätsepp (born 1962), Estonian actress
- Rita Romilly Benson (1900 – 1980), American actress and acting teacher
- Rita Rudner (born 1956), American comedian and writer
- Rita Simons (born 1977), English actress and singer
- Rita Tushingham (born 1942), English actress
- Rita Wilson (born 1956), American actress, singer, and producer
In journalism and literature
- Rita Mae Brown (born 1944), American writer and activist
- Rita Cosby (born 1964), American journalist
- Rita Deverell (born 1945), Canadian journalist
- Rita Dove (born 1952), American poet
- Rita Clay Estrada (born 1941), romance novelist
- Rita Panahi, American-Iranian Australian opinion columnist
- Rita Sebastian (died 1996), Sri Lankan journalist
In music
- Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984), stage name of Rita Thyagarajan, an Indian playback singer
- Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962), stage name of Rita Yahan-Farouz Kleinstein, Persian-born Israeli singer and actress
- Rita (Japanese singer), Japanese voice actress, singer, and lyricist
- Rita Abatzi (1914–1969), Greek singer
- Rita Coolidge (born 1945), American singer
- Rita Daniela (born 1995), Filipina singer, actress and television host
- Rita Gorr (1926–2012), Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano
- Rita Guerra (born 1967), Portuguese singer
- Rita Hosking (born 1969), American singer-songwriter
- Rita Hunter (1933–2001), British operatic dramatic soprano
- Rita Kassabian, Armenian composer
- Rita Lee (1947–2023), Brazilian musician
- Rita MacNeil (1944–2013), Canadian country and folk singer
- Rita Marley (born 1946), Jamaican singer and widow of Bob Marley
- Rita Ora (born 1990), British singer-songwriter
- Rita Pavone (born 1945), Italian singer
- Rita Reys (1924–2013), Dutch jazz singer
- Rita Sakellariou (1934–1999), Greek singer
- Rita Simons (born 1977), English actress and singer
- Rita Steblin (1951–2019), Canadian musicologist
- Rita Streich (1920–1987), operatic soprano
In visual arts
- Rita Angus (1908–1970), New Zealand painter
- Rita Donagh (born 1939), British artist
Fictional characters
- Rita, a female cat in the show Animaniacs
- Rita, in the franchise Jungledyret Hugo
- Rita, a Saluki dog in Disney film Oliver & Company
- Rita Bennett, in the TV series Dexter and the novels by Jeff Lindsay on which the series is based
- Rita Desjardin, from the book Carrie
- Rita Foster, in the film Cypher
- Rita Hanson, in the film Groundhog Day (as well as the musical of the same name)
- Rita Loud, in the TV series The Loud House
- Rita Malone, a female rat in the film Flushed Away
- Rita Mordio, in Tales of Vesperia
- Rita Repulsa, a villain in the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Rita Skeeter, in the Harry Potter franchise
- Rita Stapleton, in the TV series The Guiding Light
- Rita Sullivan, in the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Rita or Susan White, in Educating Rita
- Rita, the Cardcaptors name for the Cardcaptor Sakura character Rika Sasaki
- Rita Torres, in the TV series Exosquad
- Rita, a little girl in the series Jelly Jamm
- Rita, the head girl in the first books of the series The Naughtiest Girl
In government and politics
- Rita of Armenia (1278–1333), Empress of Byzantium
- Rita Baranwal, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy, USA
- Rita Barberá (1948–2016), Spanish politician and mayor of Valencia
- Rita Borsellino (1945–2018), Italian politician
- Rita Crundwell (born 1953), American city comptroller convicted of fraud
- Rita Fan (born 1945), Hong Kong politician
- Rita Johnston (born 1935), Canadian politician
- Rita Lau (born 1953), retired Hong Kong senior government official
- Rita Potts Parks (born 1962), American politician
- Rita Süssmuth (born 1937), German politician
- Rita Tamašunienė (born 1973), Lithuanian politician
- Rita Verdonk (born 1955), Dutch politician
In sport
- Rita Crockett (born 1957), American volleyball player
- Rita Drávucz (born 1980), Hungarian water polo player
- Rita Jeptoo (born 1981), Kenyan marathon runner
- Rita Tamašauskaitė (born 1941), Lithuanian rower
In other fields
- Rita of Cascia (1381–1457), Italian Augustinian saint
- Rita Atria (1974–1992), Italian anti-Mafia witness
- Rita R. Colwell (born 1934), environmental microbiologist
- Rita Humphries-Lewin, Jamaican stockbroker and businesswoman
- Rita Jenrette (born 1949), former wife of U.S. Representative John Jenrette
- Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909–2012), Italian-American neurologist
- Rita de Acosta Lydig (1875–1929), American socialite
- Rita Jaima Paru, Papua New Guinean food entrepreneur
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