Given name & surname · also Swedish
Riitta
Riitta is a feminine given name from Swedish, ultimately from Italian. It is used in Finnish.
Original ItalianRita
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Riitta comes from Swedish, and ultimately from Italian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Riitta developed from Rita. In Finnish usage, Riitta developed from Brita.
Riitta’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Riitta has a diminutive in RITU. In Finnish usage, Riitta developed from the Italian form Rita. In Finnish usage, Riitta has a related form in Priita.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Riitta
- Riitta UosukainenFinnish politicianborn 1942
- Riitta SalinFinnish sprinterborn 1950
- Riitta MyllerFinnish politicianborn 1956
- Riitta VäisänenFinnish model, actress and TV hostborn 1954
- Riitta HariFinnish neuroscientist, physician and professorborn 1948
- Riitta ImmonenFinnish fashion artist and entrepreneur (1918–2008)
- Riitta KaarisaloFinnish politicianborn 1979
- Riitta VainionpääSwedish textile artist1952–2021
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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