Pita (name)

Pita is a surname and a masculine given name. 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
 * 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 (born 1930), 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
 * 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