See also: anita

English

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Etymology

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From Spanish Anita, diminutive of Ana (Ann).

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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.

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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.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Anita.

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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)
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Danish

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Anita

  1. a female given name of Spanish origin

Faroese

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Anita f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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Matronymics

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

Declension

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Anita
Accusative Anitu
Dative Anitu
Genitive Anitu

Finnish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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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

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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

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Statistics

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  • Anita is the 120th 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.

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.ni.ta/
  • Audio:(file)

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Anita f

  1. a female given name from Spanish

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German

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Anita

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

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Anita

  1. a female given name

Declension

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Anita.

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Anita

  1. a female given name from Spanish

Latvian

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Etymology

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First recorded as a given name of Latvians at the end of the 19th century. From Spanish Anita.

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Anita f

  1. a female given name
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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Spanish Anita. First recorded in Norway in 1880.

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Anita

  1. a female given name

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Anita.

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Anita f

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

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Etymology

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From Ana +‎ -ita.

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

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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

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Etymology

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From Spanish Anita. First recorded in Sweden in 1864.

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Anita c (genitive Anitas)

  1. a female given name

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  • Popular from the 1930s to the 1950s.

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  • 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

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Anita f

  1. a female given name from Spanish Anita

Mutation

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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.

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