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Female given name
Rita Pronunciation ˈriːtə Gender
Female Language(s)
Latin Meaning Derived from names like Margarita (pearl) Related names
Rita is a female given name, often a name in its own right, but mostly a shortened version of
Margarita . The feast day of Rita is generally celebrated on May 22 in honor of Saint
Rita of Cascia .
In media and entertainment
In film, television and theater
Rita Avila , Filipina actress
Rita Bell (1893-1992), American singer, entertainer
Rita Camarneiro (born 1988), Portuguese comedian and TV presenter
Rita Christiani (1917–2008), Trinidad-born African-American dancer
Rita Hayworth (1918–1987), American actress
Rita
Sririta Jensen (born 1981), Thai model and actress
Rita Moreno (born 1931), Puerto Rican-born American actress
Rita Raave (born 1951), Estonian actress
Rita Ratnayake (1934–2006), Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema actress
Rita Rätsepp (born 1962), Estonian actress
Rita Romilly Benson (1900 – 1980), American actress and acting teacher
Rita Rudner (born 1956), American comedian and writer
Rita Simons (born 1977), English actress and singer
Rita Tushingham (born 1942), English actress
Rita Wilson (born 1956), American actress, singer, and producer
In journalism and literature
In music
Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984), stage name of Rita Thyagarajan, an Indian playback singer
Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962), stage name of Rita Yahan-Farouz Kleinstein, Persian-born Israeli singer and actress
Rita (Japanese singer) , Japanese voice actress, singer, and lyricist
Rita Abatzi (1914–1969), Greek singer
Rita Coolidge (born 1945), American singer
Rita Daniela (born 1995), Filipina singer, actress and television host
Rita Gorr (1926–2012), Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano
Rita Guerra (born 1967), Portuguese singer
Rita Hosking (born 1969), American singer-songwriter
Rita Hunter (1933–2001), British operatic dramatic soprano
Rita Kassabian , Armenian composer
Rita Lee (1947–2023), Brazilian musician
Rita MacNeil (1944–2013), Canadian country and folk singer
Rita Marley (born 1946), Jamaican singer and widow of Bob Marley
Rita Ora (born 1990), British singer-songwriter
Rita Pavone (born 1945), Italian singer
Rita Reys (1924–2013), Dutch jazz singer
Rita Sakellariou (1934–1999), Greek singer
Rita Simons (born 1977), English actress and singer
Rita Steblin (1951–2019), Canadian musicologist
Rita Streich (1920–1987), operatic soprano
In visual arts
Fictional characters
Rita, a female cat in the show
Animaniacs
Rita, in the franchise
Jungledyret Hugo
Rita, a
Saluki dog in Disney film
Oliver & Company
Rita Bennett , in the TV series
Dexter and the novels by
Jeff Lindsay on which the series is based
Rita Desjardin , from the book
Carrie
Rita Foster, in the film
Cypher
Rita Hanson, in the film
Groundhog Day (as well as the musical of the same name)
Rita Loud, in the TV series
The Loud House
Rita Malone, a female rat in the film
Flushed Away
Rita Mordio, in
Tales of Vesperia
Rita Repulsa , a villain in the TV series
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Rita Skeeter , in the
Harry Potter franchise
Rita Stapleton , in the TV series
The Guiding Light
Rita Sullivan , in the British soap opera
Coronation Street
Rita or Susan White, in
Educating Rita
Rita, the Cardcaptors name for the Cardcaptor Sakura character
Rika Sasaki
Rita Torres, in the TV series
Exosquad
Rita, a little girl in the series
Jelly Jamm
Rita, the head girl in the first books of the series
The Naughtiest Girl
In government and politics
Rita of Armenia (1278–1333), Empress of Byzantium
Rita Baranwal , Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy, USA
Rita Barberá (1948–2016), Spanish politician and mayor of Valencia
Rita Borsellino (1945–2018), Italian politician
Rita Crundwell (born 1953), American city comptroller convicted of fraud
Rita Fan (born 1945), Hong Kong politician
Rita Johnston (born 1935), Canadian politician
Rita Lau (born 1953), retired Hong Kong senior government official
Rita Potts Parks (born 1962), American politician
Rita Süssmuth (born 1937), German politician
Rita Tamašunienė (born 1973), Lithuanian politician
Rita Verdonk (born 1955), Dutch politician
Rita Tender (born in 2005), Portuguese Lady from the
House of Braganza
In sport
In other fields
Fictional Characters
Rita Repulsa , fictional character from the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers