What does Anita mean?

Anita means "God was gracious, God"

How do we pronounce Anita?

Anita \a-ni-ta, an-ita\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Anita is pronounced aaNIYTaa (Spanish) 1.

1 Pronunciation for Anita: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"

What is the origin of Anita?

Anita's language of origin is Hebrew. It is used predominantly in English, Finnish, Indian, Italian, Spanish, German, and Slavic. The name first developed as a Spanish diminutive of Ana, and it was later adopted by English speakers in the 19th century. Anita is a familiar form (English, Finnish, Indian, Italian, and Spanish) of what does the name Ana mean (English, Georgian, Indian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slavic, Spanish, and Hawaiian). Anita a variation (Spanish) of nicknames for Ann (English and Greek). Anita a familiar form (English and Spanish) of Anna name variations (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Armenian, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Indian, and Japanese). Anita has 21 variations that are used in both English and foreign languages. English variations of the name comprise baby name Aneeta, Aneetah name popularity, Aneethah name popularity, Anetha meaning, Anitha name variations, nicknames for Anithah, name Anitia, Anitra meaning and origin, Anitta meaning, baby name Anittah, meaning of Anitte, meaning of Annite, name Annitra origin, nicknames for Annitta, Anyta meaning and origin, name Lanita meaning, and Nenita name. Other English forms comprise the contracted form Nita definition (also used in Indian, and Spanish), and the spelling variant Annita definition. Aneta definition (Czech) and short names for Annida (Greek) are variations of Anita that are used in foreign languages.

The following famous people share the name Anita:

  • Actress Anita Ekberg, born September 29, 1931, Malmö, Sweden
  • Author Anita Brookner, born 16 July 1928, Herne Hill, London, England
  • Business Personality Anita Roddick, born 23 October 1942 - 10 September 2007, Littlehampton, England
  • Screenwriter Anita Loos, born April 26, 1888 - August 18, 1981, Sisson, California.

List of baby names that sound like Anita:

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The baby name Anita fun facts:

The name Anita in reverse order is "Atina".

The numerological value of the name Anita is number 9, which means humanitarian, giving nature, selflessness, obligations, creative expression.

How popular is Anita?

Anita is in the top names in USA.

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Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames