Given name & surname · also German
Dita
“people”
Dita is a feminine given name from German, ultimately from Old High German. It is used in Czech, Indonesian, Latvian, and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Dita comes from German, and ultimately from Old High German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Czech usage, Dita is a short form of Edita. In Czech usage, Dita is a short form of Judita.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 0 boys · 24 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 9 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 5 in 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 317 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.
Dita’s family of names
In Czech usage, Dita is a short form of Edita. In Czech usage, Dita is a short form of Judita. In Czech usage, Dita has a diminutive in DITKA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Dita
- Dita ParloGerman actress (1906–1971)
- Dita KrausIsraeli teacher born in Czechoslovakia, Holocaust survivor1929–2025
- Dita KarangIndonesian singerborn 1996
- Dita CharanzováCzech politicianborn 1975
- Dita KrūmbergaLatvian basketball player (born 1984)
- Dita Roque-Gouraryarchitect (1915–2010)
- Dita Indah SariIndonesian trade unionistborn 1972
- Mey ChanIndonesian singerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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