Given name & surname
Pita
“as solid and strong as a rock”
Pita is a variant of Petronela. In Latin use, Petronela carries the interpretation “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pita is a variant of Petronela. In Latin use, Petronela carries the interpretation “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 54
- 11 boys · 43 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 6 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 boys is 6 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 291 as a first name in 2020; 2,219 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pita’s family of names
In Māori usage, Pita has a conventional equivalent in the English form Peter. Pita has a related form in Petronela. In Māori usage, Pita has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 彼得.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pita has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pita
- Pita LimjaroenratThai businessman and politicianborn 1980
- Pita TaufatofuaTongan taekwondo practitioner and skier, flag bearer of Tonga at the opening ceremony for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChangborn 1983
- Pita SharplesNew Zealand politicianborn 1941
- Pita BolatogaFijian footballerborn 1984
- Pita NwanaNigerian writer and carpenter1881–1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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