Given name
Nitza
“a budding young woman; a blossom”
Nitza is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “a budding young woman; a blossom.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a budding young woman; a blossom.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nitza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 547
- 0 boys · 547 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 18 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 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,430 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.
Nitza’s family of names
Nitza has a related form in Nitzah. Nitza has a related form in Nitzana. Nitza has a related form in Nitzaniya.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Nitza
- Nitza Margarita CintrónPuerto Rican scientistborn 1950
- Nitza Metzger-SzmukIsraeli architect and preservationistborn 1945
- Nitza SaulIsraeli actressborn 1950
- Nitza Ben-DovHebrew literary scholarborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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