Meaning and origin
Anita is a Spanish girl name. The meaning of the name is `Gracious`.
Where is it used? The name Anita is mainly used in Spanish.
How do they say it elsewhere? Annika (In Dutch, Swedish and in Finnish)
See also In Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Bulgarian and in Romanian: Ana (F) In Spanish: Aina In Scandinavian: Anja In Russian and in Polish: Ania In Russian: Anouska In Russian: Anushka In Russian: Anya In Provençal and in Catalan: Anaïs In Lithuanian: Ona In Hungarian: Anikó In Hungarian: Panni In Hungarian: Annuska In German and in Dutch: Antje In Finnish: Annikki In Finnish: Anniina In Finnish: Anneli In English, Jewish, French and in the bible: Hannah In English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech and in Bulgarian: Anna (F) In English and in Italian: Annabella In English: Luanna In English: Leanna In English: Pollyanna In English: Annabelle In English: Anona In English: Saranna In English: Annalisa In English: Rosanna In Dutch and in English: Anouk
What Anita`s say about their name
The best thing about the name Anita: Not alot of people with this name.
The worst thing about the name: nicknames such as
anita shit eater and
anita root/headjob.
If my name wasn`t Anita....: No I'm happy with it.
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Anita: Original-not very common
The worst thing about the name: Some stupid people don't know how to pronounce it
If my name wasn`t Anita....: i would die...
Extra information: Im not pregnant
The best thing about the name Anita: always in fashion
The worst thing about the name: being teesed as Tarzans monkey Chikita
If my name wasn`t Anita....: I would have loved the name Anita the same
Extra information: Although our grandmas would have had the name Anita it never gets old:)
The best thing about the name Anita: not to many around
The worst thing about the name: being asked to spell it
If my name wasn`t Anita....: no-probably only thing about my name as a child that I enjoyed..no-one else in my school had the same name
Extra information: Just wished my daughter would have named her daughter Anita, as she is my double, but her sons look nothing like me
Anita doesn`t appear in 2007`s top-1000 name list. The last time Anita appeared in the top-1000 was 4 years ago, in 2004. It ranked #907 in that year. The name reached the top-100 3 times. 1940 was a `top year` for the name Anita. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #87. Our records go back to 1880