Nitsa
The Nitsa is a river in the Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia. It is a tributary of the Tura. The river commences at the confluence of the Neyva and the Rezh, east of the city Alapayevsk and flows firstly in an easterly and then in southeasterly direction. It is 262 kilometres (163 mi) long. However, if the Nitsa and Neyva are counted as one, the river is 556 kilometres (345 mi) long.
- Georgian
Meaning & Origin of Nitsa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The Nitsa is a river in the Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia. It is a tributary of the Tura. The river commences at the confluence of the Neyva and the Rezh, east of the city Alapayevsk and flows firstly in an easterly and then in southeasterly direction. It is 262 kilometres (163 mi) long. However, if the Nitsa and Neyva are counted as one, the river is 556 kilometres (345 mi) long.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Georgian
The Story of Nitsa
Nitsa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1965, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 8 Nitsas were born — ranking #11,069 that year. As of 2026, Nitsa ranks #11,069 for baby girls with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 29 Nitsas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Nitsa
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Nitsa. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Nino
- Ninutsa
- Nutsa
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About the name Nitsa
Nitsa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 29 births in the dataset. Nitsa's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #11,069. Use the chart and map above to compare Nitsa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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