Anita
See also: anita
English
Etymology
From Spanish Anita, diminutive of Ana (“Ann”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Anita
- A female given name from Spanish.
- 1906 McClure's Magazine, S.S. McClure Limited, volume 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.
- 1906 McClure's Magazine, S.S. McClure Limited, volume 27, page 425:
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.
Translations
female given name
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Anita f (definite Anita)
- a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Anita (usually Roman catholic)
- definite singular nominative of Anitë ((the) Anita)
Related terms
Danish
Proper noun
Anita
- a female given name of Spanish origin
Faroese
Proper noun
Anita f
- 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
Proper noun
Anita
- 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.
- 2010 Ilkka Raitasuo - Terhi Siltala, Kellokosken prinsessa, Like Kustannus Oy, →ISBN, page 211:
Declension
Inflection of Anita (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Related terms
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Anita f
- a female given name from Spanish
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Anita
- a female given name from Spanish, popular in the early 20th century
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Anita
- a female given name
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 |
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians at the end of the 19th century. From Spanish Anita.
Proper noun
Anita f
- a female given name
Related terms
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
- 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
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Anita f
- a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Anita
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Anita f
- a diminutive of the female given name Ana, equivalent to English Annie
- (Latin America) a female given name of Latin American usage
- diminutive of Ana
Swedish
Etymology
From Spanish Anita. First recorded in Sweden in 1864.
Proper noun
Anita c (genitive Anitas)
- 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.
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