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Niquita

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How to Pronounce Niquita

Pronounced nih-KEE-tuh /nɪˈkiːtə/Low

Meaning: Niquita is a respelling of Nikita, a name from the Greek Aniketos, meaning 'unconquered' or 'unconquerable.' In the West Nikita became a girl's name, and Niquita gives it a soft, phonetic spelling.Low

In 30 seconds: Niquita is a respelling of Nikita, from Greek 'unconquered.' Rare and of its era, it peaked around 1986 and is said nih-KEE-tuh.

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Origin LowGreek, American

MeaningNiquita is a respelling of Nikita, a name from the Greek Aniketos, meaning 'unconquered' or 'unconquerable.' In the West Nikita became a girl's name, and Niquita gives it a soft, phonetic spelling.

U.S. rank (1992)#14845 ↘ Falling

1992 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1986

Total births (all-time)≈ 119

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Niquita respells Nikita, which descends from the Greek Aniketos, 'unconquered' or 'unconquerable.' Long a masculine name in Greek and Russian tradition, Nikita was adopted as a girl's name in the English-speaking world, and Niquita is one of its softened phonetic forms.

The name stayed rare, surfacing mainly in the 1980s and peaking around 1986 with roughly twenty girls a year. A woman named Niquita from that peak is now around forty, part of the decade's fashion for exotic-sounding respellings.

Did you know? Nikita began as a Greek and Russian man's name meaning 'unconquered' and was reimagined as a stylish girl's name in the West, spawning spellings like Niquita.

Overall data confidence 40%

References - Niquita — Respelling of Nikita; Greek Aniketos 'unconquered'

Variations

NikitaNakitaNiketa

Nicknames

NikiKita

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Niquita mean?

It is a respelling of Nikita or Nakita, from the Greek Aniketos, meaning 'unconquered.'

How do you pronounce Niquita?

It is said nih-KEE-tuh /nɪˈkiːtə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.

Is Niquita a boy or girl name?

Niquita is used here as a girl's name.

How popular is Niquita?

It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-eighties.