Anita

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Anita

1. A female given name.
   • 1906 McClure's Magazine, S.S. McClure Limited, Vol. 27, 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.

Anagrams

• NAATI, Tania, Tiana

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Danish

Proper noun

Anita

1. A female given name of Spanish origin.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɑnitɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnitɑ
• Hyphenation: A‧ni‧ta

Proper noun

Anita

1. A female given name of Spanish origin. Variant: Anitta.

Declension

Declension of Anita (type kala) singular plural nominative Anita Anitat genitive Anitan Anitojen Anitain1 partitive Anitaa Anitoja accusative Anita Anitan Anitat inessive Anitassa Anitoissa elative Anitasta Anitoista illative Anitaan Anitoihin adessive Anitalla Anitoilla ablative Anitalta Anitoilta allative Anitalle Anitoille essive Anitana Anitoina translative Anitaksi Anitoiksi instructive – Anitoin abessive Anitatta Anitoitta comitative – Anitoineen 1) Rare.

Anagrams

• aitan, antia, naita, taain, taian, Taina, tinaa

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French

Proper noun

Anita

1. A female given name of Spanish origin.

Anagrams

• Tania

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔaˈniːta/

Proper noun

Anita

1. A female given name of Spanish origin.

Usage notes

• Popular in the beginning of the 20th century.

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɒnitɒ/

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• Hyphenation: Ani‧ta

Proper noun

Anita

1. A female given name of Spanish origin.

Declension

declension of Anita 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

possessives of Anita possessor singular possession plural possession 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

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 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 5-7966-0278-0
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Anita was the only given name of 10 139 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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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 82-521-4483-7
• [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.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Spanish Anita. First recorded in Sweden in 1864.

Proper noun

Anita

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• Popular from the 1930s to the 1950s.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.