Ditta
See also: ditta
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Two main origins:
- Borrowed from Italian Ditta, a short form of the personal name Benedetta.
- Borrowed from Urdu دتہ. This surname is predominantly found in Pakistan.
Proper noun
[edit]Ditta (plural Dittas)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ditta is the 37848th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 587 individuals. Ditta is most common among White (86.88%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.22%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ditta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 469.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A short form of the personal name Benedetta.
Proper noun
[edit]Ditta m or f by sense
- a surname originating as a matronymic
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- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms borrowed from Urdu
- English terms derived from Urdu
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Italian
- English surnames from Urdu
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian proper nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
- Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Italian surnames
- Italian surnames from matronymics