Anita (given name)

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Pronunciation /əˈniːtə/ ə-NEE-tə		Gender Female
Language(s) Sanskrit, Hindi, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Hebrew, See also Anne, Ana, Anna, Annette, Annie

Anita is a common given name for women, which is derived from Sanskrit and mostly used in India and United States. In Sanskrit, Anita means full of grace, mercy, favor, variety, a leader, without guile. The name is the Spanish version of Anne. In Hebrew, Anita derives from the name Hannah, which means grace or graceful. Furthermore, Anita is the short form for Anahita, the Iranian water goddess in Avestan (an East Iranian language), and also has the meanings of kindness and being personable.

The name Anita is mostly used in Hungary and Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian speaking countries as well as in Indian languages with Sanskrit origins.

Given name

Anita Abd. Rahman (born 1971), Malaysian, an Associate Professor in Medicine, Occupational Health Physician.

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), 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 Anand, British radio presenter, and journalist

Anita Andreassen, Norwegian mushing competitor

Anita Apelthun Sæle (born 1951), Norwegian politician

Anita Arya, 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, 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, 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 (born 1923), Swedish actress

Anita K. Blair, 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, American cleric

Anita Calvert Lebourgeoise (1879–1940), American attorney, judge, genealogist, biographer, and feminist

Anita Caprioli (born 1973), Italian theatre 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 (April 13, 1931), Italian dramatic soprano

Anita Chapman (born 1952), British Paralympic archer

Anita Christensen, (born 1971), 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, American singer and actress

Anita De Bauch (born 1986), British model

Anita de Braganza (died 1977), American socialite and heiress

Anita DeFrantz (born 1952), American Olympic rower

Anita De Sosoo

Anita Delgado, Spanish flamenco dancer and singer

Anita Desai (born 1937), Indian novelist and academic

Anita Diamant (born 1951), American writer

Anita Dillen (born 1959), Dutch person, niece of Coen Dillen and businessman Cor Dillen

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, American political consultant

Anita Ekberg (born 1931), Swedish model and actress

Anita Elberse, American academic

Anita Elson (1898–1985), American dancer and singer

Anita Fernandini de Naranjo, 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 grandmaster

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 Guha, Indian film actress

Anita Gutwell, Austrian film actress

Anita Håkenstad (born 1968), Norwegian long-distance runner

Anita Hagen (born 1931), Canadian politician

Anita Halpin (born 1944), British politician

Anita Hamilton, American journalist

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 (1868–1940), 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, 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, Indian-born educator and business strategist

Anita Kanter, American amateur tennis player

Anita Kanwal, 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 Kert Ellis (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 printmaker

Anita Kulcsár (1976–2005), Hungarian handballer

Anita Kuhlke (born 1947), German rower

Anita Kunz (born 1956), Canadian-born artist and illustrator

Anita L. Allen, American academic

Anita Lallande (born 1949), Puerto Rican Olympic swimmer

Anita Lane, Australian singer and songwriter

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (born 1925), German-born cellist and Holocaust survivor

Anita Leocádia Prestes (born 1936), Brazilian historian

Anita Lerche, 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 (1888–1981), 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 1947), American choreographer, dancer, and actress

Anita Marks, American football player and radio personality

Anita Martinez (born 1925), American politician

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 (born 1951), American field hockey player

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, 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 of Braganza (1885–1977), 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, Hungarian footballer

Anita Page (1910–2008), American film actress

Anita Palermo Kelly, American politician

Anita Pallenberg (born 1944), Italian-born actress, model, and fashion designer

Anita Pania, Greek television hostess

Anita Parkhurst Willcox (1892–1984), American artist, feminist, and pacifist

Anita Paul (born 1994), Paralegal, singer, songwriter, dancer and feminist

Anita Peabody (1925–1934), American racehorse

Anita Perez Ferguson (born 1949), American speaker, consultant, and writer

Anita Perras, Canadian country singer

Anita Thigpen Perry 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, 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 (c.1939–2016), Irish actress

Anita Renfroe (born 1963), American comedian

Anita Rinaldi (born 1974), Hungarian pornographic actress and film director

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 Schätzle (born 1981), German freestyle wrestler

Anita Shapira (born 1940), Israeli historian

Anita Sheoran, Indian freestyle wrestler

Anita Shreve (born 1946), American writer

Anita Sidén (born 1940), Swedish Moderate Party politician

Anita Silvers, American philosopher

Anita Silvey, American editor and literary critic

Anita Singhvi, 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 1944), 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 Karakoti (born 1992),She is Rahul Garakoti Wife .

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 1956), American singer

Anita Werner (born 1978), Polish television journalist

Anita West, British actress and television presenter

Anita Weyermann (born 1977), Swiss middle-distance runner

Anita Wood (born 1937), American television performer

Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress

Anita Zucker, 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 racecar drivers

Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-van Eijk, Dutch royal

Anita Noray, Loud Naan bread producer

Anita Govera

Fictional characters

Anita Blake, the protagonist of Laurell K. Hamilton's novel series Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter

Anita (Darkstalkers), videogame character and follower of Donovan Baine

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

Anita "Needy" Lesnicki, a character in the black comedy horror film Jennifer's Body

Anita, a girlfriend character in Need For Speed

Anita Radcliffe, Roger's wife and love interest and owner of Perdita in Disney's animated film 101 Dalmatians.

Anita, a character in the anime Hunter X Hunter(1999) Episode 11

Anita Robb, a character in the film Friday the 13th: A New Beginning played by Jere Fields

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