Given name
Damita
“the little princess”
Damita is used as a given name. One Spanish interpretation is “the little princess.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “the little princess.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Damita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,507
- 0 boys · 1,507 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 118 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 118 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,206 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Damita’s family of names
Damita has a related form in Dameata. Damita has a related form in Dameatah. Damita has a related form in Dameeta.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Dameatahvariant
- Dameitahvariant
- Damittahvariant
- Damietahvariant
- Dameetahvariant
- Damytahvariant
- Dameatavariant
- Dameitavariant
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People named Damita
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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