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 [ 3 syll. a-ni-ta, an-ita ] The girl name Anita is pronounced ahNIYTah KEY. Anita's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in English and Spanish. Anita is a pet form of Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French). Anita is a rare baby girl name. At the peak of its usage in 1958, 0.280% of baby girls were named Anita. It was #82 in rank then. The baby name has fallen from favor since then, and is currently of only very modest use. In 2008, out of the family of girl names directly related to Anita, Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French) was the most regularly used. Baby names that sound like Anita include Amada (Spanish), Amanda (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Amandah (English), Amata (Spanish, German, and Scandinavian), Aminda (Spanish), Aminta (English and Italian), Amita (English and Indian), Amity (English), Amutha (Tamil), Anadia (English), Anahid (Armenian), Ananda (Indian), Anandi (Indian), Ananta (Indian), Anantha (Indian), Annetta (Italian), Annthea (Greek), Anthea (English and German), Anthia (English), and Onida. KEY: Pronunciation for Anita: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
