Carlita?

[MrsRhettButler]

nice no?

its the 'lita' part that i like... are there any more like this?

I quite like it

There are more names with the ending 'lita':

Adelita
Alita
Amalita / Amelita
Angelita
Bellita
Carmalita / Carmelita
Charlita
Corabelita
Elita
Estelita
Estrellita
Lolita

Sounds far too 'made up' - sorry - as if the father's name is 'Carl' and he wants to call his daughter after himself.

I like it - has a nice feminine sound, is easy to spell/pronounce and isn't overused as so many others on here.

I think it's pretty, but is diminutive of Carla (as are all ita names - diminutives, that is, not diminutives of Carla!). Not something I would have on the birth cert, but would use at home as pet name.

i think i'm going to use it
so far its the only one we both like!

i like quite a few of your suggestions MelinaM but dp vetoed them all!

the main thing for me ragwort is that its NOT made up... i think a lot of names can sound made up for example a lot of the irish names can do if you haven't heard them before

thank you rachel i like that i've never met anyone called it (although admittedly i don't live in spain )

thanks for the input guys :)

x posts so are diminutives not 'real' names in their own right then speculationisrife?

i don't want an actual 'made up' name, i thought it was a spanish or german name

are diminutives not 'real' names in their own right

Not in my opinion.

(not that you asked for my opinion, but I don't charge :o )

Congratulations!

Well, it's a personal thing, but I have to agree with Careful. As I say, I wouldn't put it on a birth certificate, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't use it as her name. My mother has a French name (Eugenie) which appears on her birth cert, but no one has ever addressed her as anything but Jenny, and that is the name on all other official paperwork, etc.

But it's Spanish and not a 'made-up' name, so you're safe there.

It would sound bad in glottal stop territory.

The only other one I can think of is Melita (but that might still make people think Messenger, which might not be an association you want).

What speculation and careful said. I wouldn't. May also sound funny when she's grown up, as -ita just means little, and she won't always be! How about Carla officially, and carlita as a nn?

Hmmm. I am not sure. I know a Catalina. Would you consider that?

Glottal stop territory? Am I being a bit dim not knowing what that is?
I'm still unsure, I llove the name though, dp says we call her what's on the birth cert, we don't confuse things. So its carlita or not!
I guess I'm most bothered about the names meaning and that its 'real'
When I looked online it put the meaning as 'free' or 'strong' but I thought lita meant little also
Thanks for all the input though :)

It's a place where Carlita would be pronounced Car-LEE-ah.

Hi!
Like some of the others have already mentioned "ita" is a diminuitive so here in Spain a little girl called Carla would be called "Carlita", usually by family and friends. This happens a lot, my sister in law is Sara officially but her family still call her Sarita even though she´s nearly 30! She isn´t known as Sarita outside the family though.

I like it, i suppose it's an Italian female pet form of Charles I guess.....

I do like it actually. would you put the 'ita' on the bc?

i would val i like the whole name, i don't like Carly or Carla... i'm hoping thats not too much of a faux pas

i live in Bristol mathanxiety so i was worried about the T going missing also.. buuut here in Bristol they manage to mispronounce EVERYTHING! so i can't let that sway my decision too much

i also love the fact that its not even in the top 1000 names let alone the top 100!

ooh peterpie hi, :)
so its not a 'real' name? would anyone have it on a bc?

Nowadays names like Millie, Annie, Maisy and other names that would have been considered nick names are used as given names, so I guess times are changing and there are no rules.

I wouldn't put Carlita on a birth cert although I do like it, but if I were using Maggie I'd put Margaret on the bc. That's just me. People seem to be split about 50:50 on it

try changing the 'r' to a 't'. interesting nickname at school

I like Elita and it also means little star (or so I'm told) which makes me like it even more.

Sorry Mrs, I agree with Ragwort in that it sounds like a child named after their Father (Carl) or like you wanted a boy, had the name picked out & decided to add a feminine ending.

dreamingofsun - OMG so pleased you worked that one out for the OP. What a shocker.