Given name
Reeta
Reeta is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Finnish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Reeta is a form of Rita. Rita comes from Romance, and ultimately from Spanish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Reeta is a short form of MARGAREETA.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1899. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reeta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 158
- 0 boys · 158 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 12 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 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 546 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.
Reeta’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Reeta is a short form of MARGAREETA. In Finnish usage, Reeta shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form Greta. In English usage, Reeta has a related form in Rita.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Reeta has relatives in 4 languages.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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