Anita

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish Anita, diminutive of Ana (“Ann”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈniːtə/ === Proper noun === Anita A female given name from Spanish. ==== Usage notes ==== Adopted as a formal given name in many European countries in the 19th century due to the fame of Anita (born Ana Maria), the Brazilian born wife of the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. ==== Derived terms ==== Santa Anita ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === NAATI, T'ai-an, Tai'an, Tania, Tiaan, Tiana, tania == Albanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Anita. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈni.ta/ === Proper noun === Anita f (definite Anita) a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Anita (usually Roman catholic) definite singular nominative of Anitë ((the) Anita) ==== Related terms ==== Anitë == Danish == === Proper noun === Anita a female given name of Spanish origin == Faroese == === Proper noun === Anita f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics son of Anita: Anituson daughter of Anita: Anitudóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Spanish Anita, often through other languages, at the end of the 19th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑnitɑ/, [ˈɑ̝nit̪ɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑnitɑ Syllabification(key): A‧ni‧ta Hyphenation(key): A‧ni‧ta === Proper noun === Anita a female given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Anitta ==== Statistics ==== Anita is the 123rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 6,007 female individuals (and as a middle name to 14,680 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === Anagrams === Taina, aitan, antia, naita, taain, taian, tinaa == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ni.ta/ === Proper noun === Anita f a female given name from Spanish === Anagrams === Tania == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔaˈniːta/ === Proper noun === Anita a female given name from Spanish, popular in the early 20th century == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɒnitɒ] Hyphenation: Ani‧ta Rhymes: -tɒ === Proper noun === Anita a female given name ==== Declension ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Anita. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈanita/ === Proper noun === Anita a female given name from Spanish == Latvian == === Etymology === First recorded as a given name of Latvians at the end of the 19th century. From Spanish Anita. === Proper noun === Anita f a female given name ==== Related terms ==== Anna === References === Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN [1] Population Register of Latvia: Anita was the only given name of 10 139 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010. == Norwegian == === Etymology === From Spanish Anita. First recorded in Norway in 1880. === Proper noun === Anita a female given name === References === Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 14 599 females with the given name Anita living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Anita. By surface analysis, Ana +‎ -ita === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: A‧ni‧ta === Proper noun === Anita f (plural Anitas) a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Anita a diminutive of the female given name Ana ==== Related terms ==== Anitta == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ǎnita/ === Proper noun === Ànita f (Cyrillic spelling А̀нита) a female given name ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Anita”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Ana +‎ -ita. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈnita/ [aˈni.t̪a] Rhymes: -ita Syllabification: A‧ni‧ta === Proper noun === Anita f a diminutive of the female given name Ana, equivalent to English Annie (Latin America) a female given name of Latin American usage diminutive of Ana == Swedish == === Etymology === From Spanish Anita. First recorded in Sweden in 1864. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Anita c (genitive Anitas) a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Popular from the 1930s to the 1950s. === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 60 446 females with the given name living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011. == Welsh == === Alternative forms === Anna Ania Ann === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /anˈɨta/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /anˈiːta/ === Proper noun === Anita f a female given name from Spanish Anita === Mutation === === References === Heini Gruffudd (2010), Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎[4], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 17