Anita

Spanish diminutive of Ana; Sanskrit

"grace; unguided"

Anita Origin and Meaning

The name Anita is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning "grace; unguided".

Once a Top 100 name, this Spanish diminutive of Ana still retains some of her Latin flair. A notable namesake is noted attorney Anita Hill, another is the great jazz singer Anita O'Day. Plus there's Disney cred via the lead human character in 101 Dalmatians.

Anita Rank in US Top 1000

# 907 in the US

Anita Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 989 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Anita

• 989 Nameberry 2025
• 459 Unique 2023
• 43 Italy 2023
• 25 Iceland 2014
• 127 Poland 2020

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Famous People Named Anita

• Anita Faye Hill American attorney and academic, accuser in the Clarence Thomas sexual harassment case
• Anita Denise Baker American singer,songwriter
• (Kerstin) Anita Marianne Ekberg Swedish actress
• Anita O'Day (born Anita Belle Colton) American jazz singer
• (Corinne) Anita Loos American playwright and novelist
• Ana Maria de Jesus "Anita" Ribeiro di Garibaldi Brazilian revolutionary
• Anita Jane Bryant American singer and anti,gay activist
• Anita Pallenberg Italian actress, model and fashion designer
• Anita "Anna" Sergeyevna Tsoy Russian singer,songwriter
• Anita Mazumdar Desai Indian novelist
• Anita Mui (Yim fong), Hong Kong singer and actress
• Anita Yuen (Wing yi), actress and Miss Hong Kong 1990
• (Nadia) Anita Louise Nall American Olympic swimmer
• Anita Jean Kerr American singer
• Anitta (born Larissa de Macedo Machado) Brazilian singer
• Anita Leocadia Prestes Historian daughter of Brazilian revolutionary Luis Carlos Prestes and German revolutionary Olga Benario
• Anita Lucia Roddick British businesswoman and activist, and founder of The Body Shop

The name Anita in Pop Culture

• Anita Dearly character in book/movie "101 Dalmatians"
• Anita Blake main character in Laurell K. Hamilton's "Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter" book series
• Anita Boyard character in the movie "Gang in Blue"
• Anita "Needy" Lesnicki character in the movie "Jennifer's Body"
• Anita Roy character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
• "Anita " composition by the first Brazilian female composer, Francisca Edwiges "Chiquinha" Gonzaga
• Santa Anita Park a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California