First names in Hebrew

First name Rita: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ריטה

Gematria value: 224

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Rita is written ריטה

Meaning and origin

What does Rita mean?

Meaning: "pearl" (short form of Margarita)
Origin: Greek

Rita is an Italian and Spanish short form of Margarita, Margaret, which comes from the Greek margarites, “pearl”. The pearl is born of a wound in the oyster: a grain of sand gets in, and the oyster covers it layer after layer until it becomes a treasure. Rita Hayworth made the name famous in America in the 1940s.

Gematria

Rita = 224

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. ריטה has 4 letters:

• רthe letter Resh200
• יthe letter Yod10
• טthe letter Tet9
• הthe letter He5
• Total224

The verse of the name

From the letter Resh to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Rita, from ר to ה:

רוּחַ־אִישׁ יְכַלְכֵּל מַחֲלֵהוּ וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה מִי יִשָּׂאֶנָּה׃

“A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear it?”

Proverbs 18:14

The book of your first name

Rita, in nine pages

• Rita, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Rita
• Rita, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Rita in three answers

How do you write Rita in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Rita is written ריטה.

What is the gematria value of Rita?
Written ריטה, Rita is worth 224: the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Tet (9) + the letter He (5).

What does Rita mean?
Pearl" (short form of Margarita) (origin: Greek). Rita is an Italian and Spanish short form of Margarita, Margaret, which comes from the Greek margarites, “pearl”. The pearl is born of a wound in the oyster: a grain of sand gets in, and the oyster covers it layer after layer until it becomes a treasure. Rita Hayworth made the name famous in America in the 1940s.