The name Anita is usually given to a Girl.
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The origin of the name lies in Hebrew.
Anita is pronounced as ahNIYTah
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Anita is a diminutive of Anna. Anna is most likely a variant of a Hebrew name Hannah, meaning "gracious" or "favored", because in the Bible she was a sincere and merciful woman. Ultimately the name lost its initial 'h'. Anna was the name of many women belonging to Russian royalty, it is also the main character in 'Anna Karenina', a novel by Leo Tolstoy. Together with its many variations, Anna has been a popular female name for many centuries and is constantly topping the name charts.
Summary
Meaning
Gracious, Merciful
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Anita- Gracious, merciful, ah-NEE-tah, Hebrew on BellyBallot
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Anita is a diminutive of
Anna.
Anna is most likely a variant of a Hebrew name
Hannah, meaning "gracious" or "favored", because in the Bible she was a sincere and merciful woman. Ultimately the name lost its initial 'h'.
Anna was the name of many women belonging to Russian royalty, it is also the main character in '
Anna Karenina', a novel by
Leo Tolstoy. Together with its many variations,
Anna has been a popular female name for many centuries and is constantly topping the name charts.
Anita | Girl's Baby Names | Bounty
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Meaning
Meaning 'God was gracious' and 'God has shown favour', used as a pet form of
Anna.
Meaning, origin and history of the name Anita (2) - Behind the Name
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Meaning
Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian and Slovene diminutive of
Ana.
Origin
Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian, Slovene, English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Latvian, Hungarian
Pronunciation
/a.ˈni.ta/(Spanish) /ə.ˈnit.ə/(English) /aː.ˈni.taː/(Dutch) /a.ˈniː.ta/(German) /ˈɑ.ni.tɑ/(Finnish) /a.ˈɲi.ta/(Polish) /ˈɒ.ni.tɒ/(Hungarian)