Anita (given name)
Anita is a common given name for women. The name first developed as a Spanish diminutive of Ana, ultimately deriving from the Hebrew name Hannah, meaning "grace" or "favour". It was later adopted by English speakers in the 19th century.
| Pronunciation | /əˈniːtə/ ə-NEE-tə |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Language(s) | Indo-European languages Language |
| Other names | |
| See also | Anitha, Anne, Ana, Anna, Annette, Annie |
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The name and its variants are now common worldwide, especially in regions where Indo-European languages are spoken, namely Europe, South Asia, North America and South America.
People
Given name
- Anita W. Addison (1952–2004), American television and film director and producer
- Anita Álvarez de Williams (born 1931), American anthropologist, photographer, and historian
- Anita Østby (born 1972), Norwegian Liberal Party politician
- Anita Allen (pentathlete) (born 1977), American Olympic pentathlete
- Anita Alpern (1920–2006), American Internal Revenue Service official
- Anita Alvarez (politician), American government official, State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois
- Anita Among (born 1973), Ugandan accountant, lawyer and politician
- Anita Anand (born 1972), British radio presenter, and journalist
- Anita Anand (born 1967), Canadian lawyer and current Member of Parliament currently serving as Minister of Public Services and Procurement
- Anita Andreassen, Norwegian mushing competitor
- Anita Apelthun Sæle (born 1951), Norwegian politician
- Anita Arya (born 1963), Indian politician
- Anita Asante (born 1985), British footballer
- Anita Auglend (born 1979), Norwegian singer
- Anita Augspurg (1857–1943), German lawyer, actor, writer, and feminist
- Anita B. Brody (born 1935), American judge
- Anita Bärwirth (1918–1994), German gymnast
- Anita Baker (born 1958), American R&B and soul singer and songwriter
- Anita Barone (born 1964), American actress
- Anita Berber (1899–1928), German dancer, actress, and writer
- Anita Berrizbeitia (born 1957), Venezuelan-born American landscape theorist, teacher, and writer
- Anita Best, Canadian teacher, broadcaster, and singer
- Anita Bitri-Prapaniku (1968–2004), Albanian pop singer and violinist
- Anita Björk (1923–2012), Swedish actress
- Anita K. Blair (born 1950), American military judge
- Anita Błochowiak (born 1973), Polish politician
- Anita Borg (1949–2003), American computer scientist
- Anita Bose Pfaff (born 1942), Austrian economics professor, daughter of Indian politician Subhas Chandra Bose
- Anita Brenner (1905–1974), Mexican-born writer of children's literature and books on Mexican art and history
- Anita Briem (born 1982), Icelandic actress
- Anita Brodén (born 1948), Swedish Liberal People's Party politician
- Anita Brookner CBE (1928–2016), British novelist and art historian
- Anita Bryant (born 1940), American singer
- Anita Bulath (born 1983), Hungarian handballer
- Anita Buri (born 1978), Swiss beauty pageant winner, crowned Miss Switzerland 1999
- Anita Bush (1883–1974), American stage actress and playwright
- Anita C. Hill (born 1951), American cleric
- Anita H. Callan, Canadian holistic nutritionist (born 1966)
- Anita Calvert Lebourgeoise (1879–1940), American attorney, judge, genealogist, biographer, and feminist
- Anita Caprioli (born 1973), Italian theater and film actress
- Anita Carey (born 1948), British actress
- Anita Carter (1933–1999), American country and folk singer
- Anita Caspary (1915–2011), American nun, founder of Immaculate Heart of Mary Community
- Anita Cerquetti (1931–2014), Italian dramatic soprano
- Anita Chapman (born 1952), British Paralympic archer
- Anita Christensen (born 1972), Danish professional boxer
- Anita Cobby (1959–1986), Australian nurse and beauty pageant winner
- Anita Cifra (born 1989), Hungarian handballer
- Anita Cochran (born 1967), American country singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Anita Colby (1914–1992), American actress and model
- Anita Coleman, American librarian and researcher
- Anita Conti (1899–1997), French explorer, photographer and oceanographer
- Anita Cornwell (born 1923), American gay rights advocate
- Anita Daher, Canadian writer of juvenile and teen books
- Anita Darian (1927–2015), American singer and actress
- Anita De Bauch (born 1986), British model
- Anita de Braganza (1886–1977), American socialite and heiress
- Anita DeFrantz (born 1952), American Olympic rower
- Anita De Sosoo
- Anita Delgado (1890–1962), Spanish flamenco dancer and singer
- Anita Desai (born 1937), Indian novelist and academic
- Anita Diamant (born 1951), American writer
- Anita Dobson (born 1949), British television actress
- Anita Dolly Panek (born 1930), Brazilian biochemist
- Anita Doreen Diggs (born 1966), American editor, novelist, and lecturer
- Anita Doth (born 1971), Dutch singer
- Anita Dunn (born 1958), American political consultant
- Anita Ekberg (1931–2015), Swedish model and actress
- Anita Elberse (born 1970s), American academic
- Anita Elson (1898–1985), American dancer and singer
- Anita Fernandini de Naranjo (1902–1982), Peruvian politician
- Anita Fuentes, Puerto Rican-American Christian evangelist
- Anita Finlay, American actress
- Anita Görbicz (born 1983), Hungarian handball player
- Anita Gaće (born 1983), Croatian handballer
- Anita Gale, Baroness Gale (born 1940), British politician
- Anita Galić (born 1985), Croatian freestyle swimmer
- Anita Ganeri, British writer, the Horrible Geography series
- Anita Gara (born 1983), Hungarian chess grand master
- Anita Garanča (1949-2015), Latvian singer and music teacher, mother of the famous operatic mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča
- Anita Garibaldi (1821–1849), Brazilian-born revolutionary, wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Anita Garvin (1907–1994), American actress and comedian
- Anita Gershman, American film producer
- Anita Gillette (born 1936), American actress
- Anita Goel, American physicist and physician
- Anita Gradin (born 1933), Swedish politician and ambassador
- Anita Grūbe (born 1955), Latvian actress
- Anita Guha (1932–2007), Indian film actress
- Anita Gutwell (born 1931), Austrian film actress
- Anita Håkenstad (born 1968), Norwegian long-distance runner
- Anita Hagen (1931–2015), Canadian politician
- Anita Halpin (born 1944), British politician
- Anita Hamilton, American journalist
- Anita Hansbo (born 1960), Swedish mathematician and academic administrator
- Anita Harding (1952–1995), British neurologist
- Anita Harris (born 1942), British actress and singer
- Anita Hegerland (born 1961), Norwegian singer
- Anita Hegh (born 1972), Australian actor
- Anita Heiss (born 1968), Indigenous Australian writer
- Anita Hendrie (1863–1940), American actress
- Anita Hill (born 1956), American academic
- Aníta Hinriksdóttir (born 1996), Icelandic middle-distance runner
- Anita Hoffman (1942–1998), American activist and writer, wife of radical Abbie Hoffman
- Anita Howard (born 1969), American sprinter
- Anita Huffington (born 1934), American sculptor
- Anita Inder Singh, Indian international affairs analyst
- Anita Iseghohi (born 1985), Nigerian businesswoman
- Anita Jönsson (born 1947), Swedish Social Democratic politician
- Anita Johansson (figure skater) (born 1954), Swedish figure skater
- Anita Johansson (politician) (born 1944), Swedish Social Democratic politician
- Anita Jose (born 1970s), Indian-born educator and business strategist
- Anita Kanter (born 1933), American tennis player ranked in World top 10
- Anita Kanwal (born 1954), Indian television actress and producer
- Anita Kanwar, Indian film and television actor
- Anita Kazai (born 1988), Hungarian handballer
- Anita Kelsey, British singer and songwriter
- Anita Kerr (born 1927), American singer, composer, and music producer
- Anita Ellis (singer) (born 1920), Canadian-born American singer and actress
- Anita King (1884–1963), American racecar driver, actress, and thoroughbred racehorse owner
- Anita Klein (born 1960), Austrialina-born British painter and print-maker
- Anita Klemensen (born 1977), Danish chef
- Anita Kulcsár (1976–2005), Hungarian handballer
- Anita Kuhlke (born 1947), German rower
- Anita Kunz (born 1956), Canadian-born artist and illustrator
- Anita L. Allen (born 1953), American academic
- Anita Lallande (born 1949), Puerto Rican Olympic swimmer
- Anita Lane (born 1959), Australian singer and songwriter
- Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (born 1925), German-born cellist and Holocaust survivor
- Anita Leocádia Prestes (born 1936), Brazilian historian
- Anita Lerche (born 1973), Danish singer, songwriter, and composer
- Anita Lerman (born 1944), American politician
- Anita Liepiņa (born 1967), Latvian race walker and long distance runner
- Anita Linda (born 1924), Filipino film actor
- Anita Lipnicka (born 1975), Polish singer and songwriter
- Anita Lizana (1915–1994), Chilean tennis player
- Anita Lo, American chef and restaurateur
- Anita Lonsbrough MBE (born 1941), British swimmer
- Anita Loos (1889–1981), American screenwriter and playwright
- Anita Louise (1915–1970), American film actress
- Anita Louise Combe, Australian actress, singer, and dancer
- Anita Louise Suazo (born 1947), Native-American potter
- Anita Márton (born 1989), Hungarian shot putter
- Anita Madden (born 1933), American sportswoman
- Anita Malfatti (1889–1964), Brazilian artist
- Anita Mann (born 1946), American choreographer, dancer, and actress
- Anita Marks (born 1970), American football player and radio personality
- Anita Martinez (born 1925), American politician
- Anita Martini (1939–1993), American journalist
- Anita Mason (born 1942), British writer
- Anita McNaught (born 1965), British-born New Zealand journalist and television presenter
- Anita Meyer (Annita Meijer, born 1954), Dutch singer
- Anita Miller (publisher) (1926–2018), American author and publisher
- Anita Miller (field hockey) (born 1951), American field hockey player and Olympic athlete
- Anita Miller Smith (1893–1968), American impressionist and regionalist painter
- Anita Moen (born 1967), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Anita Mormand (born 1971), French sprinter
- Anita Morris (1943–1994), American actress
- Anita Mui (1963–2003), Hong Kong singer and actress
- Anita Nüssner-Kobuss (born 1935), German sprint canoeist
- Anita Nair (born 1966), Indian-born writer
- Anita Nall (born 1976), American Olympic swimmer
- Anita Neville MP (born 1942), Canadian politician
- Anita Newcomb McGee (1864–1940), American physician
- Anita North, British shooter
- Anita Nyberg (born 1940), Swedish academic
- Anita Nyman (born 1971), Finnish cross-country skier
- Anita O'Day (1919–2006), American jazz singer
- Anita de Braganza (1886–1977), American socialite and heiress
- Anita Ondine Smith (born 1974), Australian-born filmmaker
- Anita Orlund (born 1964), Norwegian Labour Party politician
- Anita Ortega, Puerto Rican basketball player
- Anita Otto (born 1942), German discus thrower
- Anita Pádár (born 1979), Hungarian footballer
- Anita Page (1910–2008), American film actress
- Anita Palermo Kelly (1913–1990), American politician
- Anita Pallenberg (1942–2017), Italian-born actress, model, and fashion designer
- Annita Pania (born 1970), Greek television hostess
- Anita Parkhurst Willcox (1892–1984), American artist, feminist, and pacifist
- Anita Peabody (1925–1934), American racehorse
- Anita Perez Ferguson (born 1949), American speaker, consultant, and writer
- Anita Perras (born 1960), Canadian country singer
- Anita Thigpen Perry (born 1952), American healthcare advocate and First Lady of Texas (2000–present)
- Anita Phillips (born 1945), Australian politician
- Anita Pistone (born 1976), Italian runner
- Anita Pointer (born 1948), American R&B/soul singer and songwriter, member of The Pointer Sisters
- Anita Pollitzer (1894–1975), American photographer
- Anita J. Prazmowska, British academic
- Anita Protti (born 1964), Swiss track and field athlete
- Anita Punt (born 1987), New Zealand field hockey player
- Anita Rachlis, Canadian AIDS researcher
- Anita Raj (born 1962), Indian actress
- Anita Ramasastry, American academic
- Anita Rani (born 1977), British radio and television presenter and journalist
- Anita Rapp (born 1977), Norwegian footballer
- Anita Ratnam (born 1954), Indian dancer and choreographer
- Anita Rau Badami (born 1961), Indian-born Canadian writer
- Anita Reeves (1948–2016), Irish actress
- Anita Renfroe (born 1962), American comedian
- Anita Roberts (1942–2006), American molecular biologist
- Anita Roddick DBE (1942–2007), British businesswoman, founder of The Body Shop
- Anita Rollin (born c. 1981), Sri. Lankan snowboarder
- Anita Sarkeesian (born 1983), Canadian-American feminist
- Anita Schätzle (born 1981), German freestyle wrestler
- Anita Selvamalar known Horse Killer in Bali
- Anita Shapira (born 1940), Israeli historian
- Anita Sheoran (born 1984), Indian freestyle wrestler
- Anita Shreve (1946–2018), American writer
- Anita Sidén (born 1940), Swedish Moderate Party politician
- Anita Silvers, American philosopher
- Anita Silvey, American editor and literary critic
- Anita Singhvi (born 1964), Indian classical singer
- Anita Skorgan (born 1958), Norwegian singer and songwriter
- Anita Smits (born 1967), Dutch archer
- Anita Snellman (1924–2006), Finnish painter
- Anita Sokołowska (born 1976), Polish actress
- Anita Stansfield (born 1961), American writer
- Anita Stewart (1895–1961), American actress and film producer
- Anita Stewart (culinary author) (born 1947), Canadian culinary writer and food activist
- Anita Strindberg (born 1937), Italian actress
- Anita Summers, American educator
- Anita Thallaug (born 1938), Norwegian actor and singer
- Anita Tijoux (born 1977), French-born Chilean hip-hop musician
- Anita Tsoy (born 1971), Russian singer
- Anita Turner (born 1972), British script editor and television producer
- Anita Ušacka (born 1952), Latvian judge and academic
- Anita Utseth (born 1966), Norwegian engineer and politician
- Anita Uwagbale (now Anita Iseghohi), Nigerian beauty queen and model
- Anita Valen (born 1968), Norwegian cyclist
- Anita Vogel (born 1969), American news reporter
- Anita Weiß (born 1955), German middle-distance runner
- Anita Włodarczyk (born 1985), Polish hammer thrower
- Anita Waage (born 1971), Norwegian footballer
- Anita Wachter (born 1967), Austrian alpine skier
- Anita Wagner (born 1960), Austrian singer
- Anita Wall (born 1940), Swedish actress
- Anita Ward (born 1957), American singer
- Anita Werner (born 1978), Polish television journalist
- Anita West (born 1935), British actress and television presenter
- Anita Weyermann (born 1977), Swiss middle-distance runner
- Anita Wood (born 1937), American television performer
- Anita Yuen (born 1971), Hong Kong actress
- Anita Zucker (born 1952), American businesswoman, first female Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company
- Gurmayum Anita Devi, Indian mountaineer
- J. Anita Stup (born 1945), American politician
- Jagat and Anita Nanjappa, Indian race-car drivers
- Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-van Eijk (born 1969), Dutch royal
Characters
- Anita Blake, the protagonist of Laurell K. Hamilton's novel series Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
- Anita (Darkstalkers), a video game character in Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge
- Anita Hailey (Shiho Miyano), a character in the manga/anime Case Closed
- Anita Santos, character on the ABC daytime drama All My Children
- Anita Barnes, a character from the film The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations played by Chantel Giacalone
- Anita Knight, from The Secret Show
- Anita Van Buren, character on the television crime drama Law & Order portrayed by S. Epatha Merkerson
- Anita, a comic book character in the works of Italian artist Guido Crepax
- Anita, a character in the musical West Side Story
- Anita Bircham, a character from Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland portrayed by Sonya Maddox
- Anita, a recurring character in the British sit-com dinnerladies (TV series)
- Anita "Needy" Lesnicki, a character in the black comedy horror film Jennifer's Body
- Anita, a girlfriend character in Need for Speed
- Anita Radcliffe, character in Disney's animated film 101 Dalmatians
- Anita, a character in the anime Hunter × Hunter episode 11
- Anita Robb, a character in the film Friday the 13th: A New Beginning played by Jere Fields
- Anita is the middle name of American Dad! character Steve Smith
See also
- Amita
- Anahita
- Annette (disambiguation)
- Anna (given name)
- Annie (given name)
- Anya
- Annika (given name)
References
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