Anita

See also: anita

English

Etymology

From Spanish Anita, diminutive of Ana (“Ann”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈniːtə/

Proper noun

Anita

1. A female given name from Spanish.
   • 1906, McClure's Magazine, volume 27, S.S. McClure Limited, page 425:

     My Aunt said she had some sense of the fitness of things and that she could not call a great, fat, quiet, blonde child a little, quick, dark name like Anita, and it wasn't what my mother had named me anyway.

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

female given name

• Finnish: Anita (fi), Anitta (fi)
• Galician: Aniña f
• Polish: Anita (pl) f
• Portuguese: Anita (pt) f
• Spanish: Anita (es) f
• Welsh: Anita f

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)

1. a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Anita (usually Roman catholic)
2. definite singular nominative of Anitë ((the) Anita)

Related terms

• Anitë

Danish

Proper noun

Anita

1. a female given name of Spanish origin

Faroese

Proper noun

Anita f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Anita: Anituson
• daughter of Anita: Anitudóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Anita
accusative	Anitu
dative	Anitu
genitive	Anitu

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Anita, often through other languages, at the end of the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnitɑ/, [ˈɑ̝nit̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnitɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): A‧ni‧ta

Proper noun

Anita

1. a female given name
   • 2010, Ilkka Raitasuo - Terhi Siltala, Kellokosken prinsessa, Like Kustannus Oy, →ISBN, page 211:

     Eräänä Annan päivänä 1960-luvulla ylilääkäri Alivirta oli pistäytynyt osastolla toivottamassa kaikille juhlijoille hyvää nimipäivää. Tuolloin Prinsessa oli oikaissut Isä Paavalia ja todennut, että hän oli oikeastaan Anita. Hän piti Annaa hieman rahvaanomaisena ja vanhahtavana etunimenä.

     On one Anna's day [in December] in the 1960s, head physician Alivirta had stopped by the unit to wish everyone celebrating a happy name day. Then the princess had corrected father Paavali and stated that the name was actually Anita. To her Anna was a bit folksy and outdated as a name.

Declension

Inflection of Anita (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Anita	Anitat
genitive		Anitan	Anitojen
partitive		Anitaa	Anitoja
illative		Anitaan	Anitoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Anita	Anitat
accusative	nom.	Anita	Anitat
	gen.	Anitan
genitive		Anitan	Anitojen Anitain rare
partitive		Anitaa	Anitoja
inessive		Anitassa	Anitoissa
elative		Anitasta	Anitoista
illative		Anitaan	Anitoihin
adessive		Anitalla	Anitoilla
ablative		Anitalta	Anitoilta
allative		Anitalle	Anitoille
essive		Anitana	Anitoina
translative		Anitaksi	Anitoiksi
abessive		Anitatta	Anitoitta
instructive		—	Anitoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Anita (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Anitani Anitani accusative nom. Anitani Anitani gen. Anitani genitive Anitani Anitojeni Anitaini rare partitive Anitaani Anitojani inessive Anitassani Anitoissani elative Anitastani Anitoistani illative Anitaani Anitoihini adessive Anitallani Anitoillani ablative Anitaltani Anitoiltani allative Anitalleni Anitoilleni essive Anitanani Anitoinani translative Anitakseni Anitoikseni abessive Anitattani Anitoittani instructive — — comitative — Anitoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Anitasi Anitasi accusative nom. Anitasi Anitasi gen. Anitasi genitive Anitasi Anitojesi Anitaisi rare partitive Anitaasi Anitojasi inessive Anitassasi Anitoissasi elative Anitastasi Anitoistasi illative Anitaasi Anitoihisi adessive Anitallasi Anitoillasi ablative Anitaltasi Anitoiltasi allative Anitallesi Anitoillesi essive Anitanasi Anitoinasi translative Anitaksesi Anitoiksesi abessive Anitattasi Anitoittasi instructive — — comitative — Anitoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Anitamme Anitamme accusative nom. Anitamme Anitamme gen. Anitamme genitive Anitamme Anitojemme Anitaimme rare partitive Anitaamme Anitojamme inessive Anitassamme Anitoissamme elative Anitastamme Anitoistamme illative Anitaamme Anitoihimme adessive Anitallamme Anitoillamme ablative Anitaltamme Anitoiltamme allative Anitallemme Anitoillemme essive Anitanamme Anitoinamme translative Anitaksemme Anitoiksemme abessive Anitattamme Anitoittamme instructive — — comitative — Anitoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Anitanne Anitanne accusative nom. Anitanne Anitanne gen. Anitanne genitive Anitanne Anitojenne Anitainne rare partitive Anitaanne Anitojanne inessive Anitassanne Anitoissanne elative Anitastanne Anitoistanne illative Anitaanne Anitoihinne adessive Anitallanne Anitoillanne ablative Anitaltanne Anitoiltanne allative Anitallenne Anitoillenne essive Anitananne Anitoinanne translative Anitaksenne Anitoiksenne abessive Anitattanne Anitoittanne instructive — — comitative — Anitoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Anitansa Anitansa accusative nom. Anitansa Anitansa gen. Anitansa genitive Anitansa Anitojensa Anitainsa rare partitive Anitaansa Anitojaan Anitojansa inessive Anitassaan Anitassansa Anitoissaan Anitoissansa elative Anitastaan Anitastansa Anitoistaan Anitoistansa illative Anitaansa Anitoihinsa adessive Anitallaan Anitallansa Anitoillaan Anitoillansa ablative Anitaltaan Anitaltansa Anitoiltaan Anitoiltansa allative Anitalleen Anitallensa Anitoilleen Anitoillensa essive Anitanaan Anitanansa Anitoinaan Anitoinansa translative Anitakseen Anitaksensa Anitoikseen Anitoiksensa abessive Anitattaan Anitattansa Anitoittaan Anitoittansa instructive — — comitative — Anitoineen Anitoinensa

Derived terms

• Lenita

 

Related terms

• Anitta

Statistics

• Anita is the 120^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 6,273 female individuals (and as a middle name to 15,150 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 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/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Anita f

1. a female given name from Spanish

Anagrams

• Tania

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈniːta/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Anita

1. a female given name from Spanish, popular in the early 20th century

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒnitɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ani‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Proper noun

Anita

1. a female given name

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Anita	Aniták
accusative	Anitát	Anitákat
dative	Anitának	Anitáknak
instrumental	Anitával	Anitákkal
causal-final	Anitáért	Anitákért
translative	Anitává	Anitákká
terminative	Anitáig	Anitákig
essive-formal	Anitaként	Anitákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Anitában	Anitákban
superessive	Anitán	Anitákon
adessive	Anitánál	Anitáknál
illative	Anitába	Anitákba
sublative	Anitára	Anitákra
allative	Anitához	Anitákhoz
elative	Anitából	Anitákból
delative	Anitáról	Anitákról
ablative	Anitától	Anitáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Anitáé	Anitáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Anitáéi	Anitákéi

Possessive forms of Anita
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Anitám	Anitáim
2nd person sing.	Anitád	Anitáid
3rd person sing.	Anitája	Anitái
1st person plural	Anitánk	Anitáink
2nd person plural	Anitátok	Anitáitok
3rd person plural	Anitájuk	Anitáik

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Anita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanita/

Proper noun

Anita

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈni.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈni.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈni.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈni.tɐ/

Proper noun

Anita f

1. a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Anita

Related terms

• Anitta

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎnita/

Proper noun

Ànita f (Cyrillic spelling А̀нита)

1. a female given name

Declension

    Declension of Anita

	singular	plural
nominative	Anita	Anite
genitive	Anite	Anita
dative	Aniti	Anitama
accusative	Anitu	Anite
vocative	Anito	Anite
locative	Aniti	Anitama
instrumental	Anitom	Anitama

Further reading

• “Anita”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Ana +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnita/ [aˈni.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: A‧ni‧ta

Proper noun

Anita f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Ana, equivalent to English Annie
2. (Latin America) a female given name of Latin American usage
3. diminutive of Ana

Swedish

Etymology

From Spanish Anita. First recorded in Sweden in 1864.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Anita c (genitive Anitas)

1. 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

1. a female given name from Spanish Anita

Mutation

Mutated forms of Anita

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
Anita	unchanged	unchanged	Hanita

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎^[4], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 17