Anita

Anita is a common given name for women. The name came from the Hebrew language, Hannah, which means grace or charm. This name was changed into hypocoristic form in Spanish and Portuguese by adding the diminutive suffix -ita.

It is a popular name in Latin countries. This name became popular in Italy in the 19th century after Anita (Anna Maria) Ribeira, the wife of revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. From here it spread into Germany. It is also popular in the English speaking world and other countries in Europe. In Sweden in 2003, there are 61723 people named Anita.

Variations of the name include:

• Annette
• Anna
• Annie
• Anya

Places named Anita

• Anita, Iowa
• Santa Anita Park

People named Anita

• Anita Aros, Yugaslavian tennis player
• Anita Glenn 2006 Member of the Cincinnati Rollergirls known as "Anita Victim"
• Anita Berben
• Anita Björk
• Anita Bryant
• Anita Bråkenhielm
• Anita Diamant
• Anita Gradin
• Anita Jacobson-Widding
• Anita Pointer
• Anita Delgado, Spanish singer and maharani of Kapurthala
• Anita Ekberg is a Swedish actress.
• Anita is an Italian comic book character inspired to the Swedish actress, created by Guido Crepax.
• Anita Mui, actor and singer
• Anita Va Va Voom Voom is actually a student at Mount Maunganui College who recently underwent a gender reassignment

• Anita Rani BBC Asiannetowork presenter
• Hurricane Anita
• Anita: Swedish Nymphet is a film from 1973.
• ANtarctic Impulse Transient Antenna

For convenience, all given names should be included in this category. This includes all given names that can also be found in the subcategories.

See also the categories Names by country and Surnames

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