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Anita - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Anita
 
 

 



[ 3 syll. a-ni-ta, an-ita ] The girl name Anita is pronounced ahNIYTah KEY. Anita's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in Spanish. Anita is a pet form of Anna (Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic).

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 2007, out of the family of girl names directly related to Anita, Anna (Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic) 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 and German), Aminda (Spanish), Aminta (English and Italian), Amita (English), Amity (English), Anahid (Armenian), Annthea (Greek), Anthea (English and German), Anthia (English), Onita (English), Amedea (Italian), Aminata (Arabic), Amynta (English), Anahita (German), Andi (English), Andie (English), Andy (English), Anett (French), Anette (French), Annet (Dutch), Annett (French), Annette (French), Antea (Italian), Chaunta (English), Chauntay (English), Chauntelle (English), Umut (Turkish), Ande (English), and Chaunte (English).

KEY: English 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)"


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