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Zita (name)

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Zita is female given name.

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The name may originate from the Italian word zita meaning young girl, or from the Hungarian pet name of Felicita, from Latin Felicia. In Basque, the word means saint. In Greek, the word means seeker.

Name days

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

    • People with the name

  • Saint Zita (c. 1212–1272), Italian saint and patron saint of maids
  • Zita of Bourbon-Parma (1892–1989), Princess of Parma, last Empress-Consort of Austria-Hungary
  • Zita Cobb, Canadian businesswoman
  • Zita (Hittite prince), 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 Görög (born 1979), Hungarian actress and model
  • Zyta Gilowska (born 1949), Polish economist and politician
  • Zita Gurmai (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 Perczel (1918–1996), Hungarian actress
  • Zita Pleštinská (born 1961), Slovak politician and Member of the European Parliament
  • Zita Sattar (born 1975), English actress
  • Zita Seabra (born 1949), Portuguese politician
  • Zita Senková, Czech moderator of Czech Radio
  • Zita Szabó (born 1975), Hungarian retired triathlete
  • Zita Szeleczky (1915-1999), Hungarian actress
  • Zita Szucsánszki (born 1987), Hungarian handball player
  • Zita Urbonaitė (1973–2008), Lithuanian road cyclist

    • Fictional characters

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

    • References

    Zita (name) Wikipedia
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