Zita
From Latin, with the sense of "young girl" or maiden. Fewer than 150 women in Poland carry it, so most people here will never meet one.
Zita Pronunciation
Zita is pronounced ZHEE-tah (/ˈʑita/).
What Zita means
Where Zita comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zita traces back to Latin, through a Tuscan word for a young girl or maiden. The meaning stayed close to that source: a young woman, a girl. Its plainness is part of the history.
The name gained a face in the thirteenth century. Zita of Lucca went into domestic service at twelve and stayed with one household for nearly fifty years. She was so loved in Tuscany that Dante named her in the Divine Comedy soon after her death. The Church canonized her in 1696, and she became patron of maids and household servants. Her feast falls on 27 April, when Lucca still bakes bread and brings flowers to San Frediano.
Centuries later another Zita reached a palace. Zita of Bourbon-Parma, born in Tuscany in 1892, became the last Empress of Austria before her death in 1989.
On a Polish class register, Zita is short and quick in the roll. The name keeps its old sense: a young girl, a maiden.
How many people are named Zita
1 in 162186 women in Poland is named Zita. 139 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2797 among female names.
Zita's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Zita as a middle name
Zita is a first name for 139 women in Poland and a middle name for another 16, a 90/10 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1878th, between Zinaida (16) and Adama (15).
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#1876 Zainab16
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#1877 Zinaida16
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#1878 Zita16
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#1879 Adama15
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#1880 Alfonsa15