Given name
Solita
“one who is solitary”
Solita is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “one who is solitary.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is solitary.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Solita is an affectionate form of Sol.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Solita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 112
- 0 boys · 112 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 54 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 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 54 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 351 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.
Solita’s family of names
Solita is an affectionate form of Sol. Solita has a related form in Soledad. Solita has a related form in Solida.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Solita
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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