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femaleAnita - Name Meaning and Origin


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The girl's name Anita \a-ni-ta\ is pronounced a-NEE-tah. It is of Spanish origin. Originally a Spanish pet form of Ana, the Spanish version of Anne. Made famous in the 1950s as the name of the Swedish film actress Anita Ekberg. Actress Anita Pallenberg; writers Anita Loos, Anita Brookner.

Anita has 12 variant forms: Aneeta, Aneta, Anitia, Anitra, Annida, Annita, Annitra, Annitta, Laanita, Lanita, Nenita and Nita.

For more information, see also the related name Ann.

Baby names that sound like Anita are Onita and Unita.

Anita is a very popular female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Anita. Click here to compare Anita with related baby names.

United States Top 1000 rankings for: Anita
Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Anita

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