In Spanish, name Lita means – Diminutive of Lolita: Diminutive of Dolores: Sorrow. From Maria de los Dolores (the Virgin Mary, or Mary of the Sorrows). Famous Bearer: the terrible heroine of the novel, Lolita (1955), by Vladimir Nabokov.. Other origins for name Lita include – Spanish, Latin-American. Name Lita is most often used as a girl name or female name.