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Anahita - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Anahita

[ syll. a-na-hi-ta, an-ah-ita ] The girl name Anahita is pronounced AENahHHIYTah KEY. Anahita's language of origin is Old Persian and it is predominantly used in the German language. The name is of the meaning 'immaculate, chaste'. Derived from a meaning 'not' ; ahit meaning 'unclean'. Anahita was the Persian goddess of water and fertility; she was known as the 'Immaculate One' and also as the personification of the planet Venus. Variant forms of the name include the Armenian Anahid and the Greek Anaitis.

Anahita is a rarely used baby name for girls. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Anahita include the Italian Amadea, the Italian Amedea, the Arabic Aminata, the Indian Anandita, the name Aniweta, the name Awenita, the Spanish Amada, the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Amanda, the English Amandah, the Spanish, German, and Scandinavian Amata, the Spanish Aminda, the English and Italian Aminta, the English and Indian Amita, the English Amity, the Tamil Amutha, the English Anadia, the Armenian Anahid, the Indian Ananda, the Indian Anandi, and the Indian Ananta.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Anahita: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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