Pita (name)

Pita is a surname and a masculine given name. In the Māori language, it is a transliteration of the name Peter. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Afelee F. Pita (born 1958), Tuvaluan diplomat
• Alonso Pita da Veiga (1485–1490), Spanish nobleman and military officer
• Ana Inés Jabares-Pita (born 1987), Spanish stage designer
• Carlos Pita (footballer) (born 1984), Spanish football player
• Carlos Pita (politician) (born 1951), Uruguayan physician, politician and diplomat
• Cristian Pita (born 1995), Ecuadorian cyclist
• Dan Pița (born 1938), Romanian film director
• Dino Pita (born 1988), Swedish basketball player
• Elisala Pita (died 2016), Tuvaluan politician
• Félix Pita Rodríguez (1909–1990), Cuban journalist and poet
• Gabriel Pita da Veiga (1909–1993), Spanish admiral
• Hortensia Blanch Pita (1914–2004), Cuban writer
• Igor Pita (born 1989), Portuguese football player
• Juana Rosa Pita, poet, writer, editor and translator
• Juliette Pita (born 1964), American politician
• Le Tagaloa Pita, Samoan politician
• María Pita (1565–1643), heroine of the defense of A Coruña during the 1589 Siege of Coruña by the English Armada
• Maruxa Pita (1930–2025), Spanish missionary and teacher
• Marwin Pita (born 1985), Ecuadorian football player
• Paulo Pita (born 1994), Brazilian football player

Given name

• Pita Ahki (born 1992), New Zealand rugby player
• Pita Alatini (born 1976), Tongan-born New Zealand rugby player
• Pita Bolatoga (born 1984), Fijian football player
• Pita Driti, Fijian soldier
• Pita Elisara (1976–2018), Samoan American football player
• Pita Godinet (born 1987), Samoa rugby player
• Pita Limjaroenrat (born 1980), Thai businessman and politician
• Pita Lus (1935–2021), Papua New Guinean politician
• Pita Maile (born 1990), Tongan rugby player
• Haimona Pita Matangi (–1839), New Zealand tribal leader
• Pita Moko (1885–1943), New Zealand land agent
• Pita Nacuva, Fijian politician
• Pita Naruma (born 1959), Fijian rugby player
• Pita Nwana (1881–1968), Nigerian novelist
• Pita Paraone (1945–2019), New Zealand politician
• Pita Rabo (born 1977), Fijian football player
• Pita Sharples (born 1941), New Zealand Māori academic and politician
• Pita Simogun (c. 1900 – 1987), Papua New Guinean politician
• Pita Gus Sowakula (born 1994), Fijian professional rugby player
• Pita Tamindei (c. 1918 – 1968), Papua New Guinean politician
• Pita Taufatofua (born 1983), Tongan athlete
• Pita Taumoepenu (born 1994), American football player

Pseudonym

• Pita, pseudonym of Peter Rehberg (1968–2021), a European electronic musician
• Pita Amor, pseudonym of Guadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein (1918–2000), Mexican poet

Nickname

• Pita (footballer) or Edvaldo Oliveira Chaves (born 1958), Brazilian football player

See also

• Pitta (surname)