Iita

An old spoken form of Iida, with formal given name status since the end of the 20th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːtɑ/, [ˈiːt̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iːtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ii‧ta

Iita

1. a female given name
   • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 6 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):

     »Iita meni rantaan, / Kirjoitteli santaan / Nimen kultansa, / Nimen kultansa».

     Down to the shore went Ida / And wrote into the sand / Her sweetheart's name / Her sweetheart's name.

   • 1909, Ilmari Kianto, Punainen viiva, Otava, published 2003, →ISBN, page 16:

     Neljännelle lapsukaiselle, joka myös syntyi tyttönä, valtasi Riika niinikään omakeksimänsä valikoiman: Iita Linta Maria, joka nimi isänkin mielestä oli näppärä, tyttö kun muutenkin äännähteli kuin mikä tilttakerttu metsässä.

     The fourth child, who was also born a girl, did Riika likewise go with her own suggestion: Iita Linta Maria, a name the father thought was nifty, after all did the girl make noise like a warbler in a forest.

• Iita is the 473^rd (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 786 female individuals (and as a middle name to 537 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Tiia