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Anita
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anita
English
Etymology
From en es Anita, diminutive of es Ana Ann.
Pronunciation
en /əˈniːtə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Anita.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en female Spanish.
en 1906 McClure's Magazine S.S. McClure Limited 27 425 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
en Santa Anita
Translations
female given name
Finnish: fi Anita, fi Anitta
Galician: gl Aniña f
Hindi: hi अनिता f anitā
Polish: pl Anita f
Portuguese: pt Anita f
Spanish: es Anita f
Welsh: cy Anita f
Anagrams
en aaint NAATI T'ai-an Tai'an Tania Tiaan Tiana tania
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from sq es Anita.
Pronunciation
sq /aˈni.ta/
Proper noun
f Anita
sq female Spanish Anita (usually Roman catholic)
sq Anitë def s nom (the) Anita
Related terms
sq Anitë
Danish
Proper noun
da female of da es - origin
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Anituson Anitudóttir
Declension
Anita Anitu Anitu Anitu
Finnish
Etymology
From fi es Anita, often through other languages, at the end of the 19th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
fi 2010 Ilkka Raitasuo - Terhi Siltala Kellokosken prinsessa Like Kustannus Oy 978-952-01-0509-9 211 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 To her Anna was a bit folksy and outdated as a name.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
Anit a
Derived terms
fi Lenita
Related terms
fi Anitta
Statistics
dvv_20250813 6007 14680 123
References
Anagrams
fi aaint Taina aitan antia naita taain taian tinaa
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Anita.wav France
Proper noun
f
fr female Spanish
Anagrams
fr Tania
German
Pronunciation
de /ʔaˈniːta/
de De-Anita.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female Spanish in the early 20th century
Hungarian
hu:
Pronunciation
hu Hu-Anita.ogg
hu tɒ 3
hu Ani ta
A ni ta
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu female
Declension
Anitá oAnitá
Indonesian
Etymology
id es Anita.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
id proper noun
id female Spanish
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians at the end of the 19th century. From lv es Anita.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female
Related terms
lv Anna
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Anita was the only given name of 10 139 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Norwegian
Etymology
From no es Anita. First recorded in Norway in 1880.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
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
pt :bor es:Anita :af<surf> Ana -ita + 1
Pronunciation
pt A ni ta
Proper noun
f +
pt female Spanish Anita
pt female Ana
Related terms
pt Anitta
Serbo-Croatian
sr:Анита
Pronunciation
Ànita
Proper noun
Ànita f
sh female
Declension
Anit
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
es :af Ana -ita<id:diminutive> + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female Ana Annie
es Latin America es female Latin American
es Ana proper noun
Swedish
Etymology
From sv es Anita. First recorded in Sweden in 1864.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Anita.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
Usage notes
Popular from the 1930s to the 1950s.
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 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.
Welsh
Alternative forms
cy Anna
cy Ania
cy Ann
Pronunciation
cy /anˈɨta/ cy-N
cy /anˈiːta/ cy-S
Proper noun
f
cy female es:Anita
Mutation
References
Heini Gruffudd https://www.swansea.ac.uk/graduation/honoraryawards/honoraryawardsarchive/honoraryawards2013/heinigruffudd/ Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Enwau_Cymraeg_i_blant/vuWhRAAACAAJ?hl=en Y Lolfa 2010 17 9781847712196