Origin of the name Anita:
Originally a Spanish pet form of Ana (gracious, full of grace), Anita is commonly bestowed in the English-speaking world as an independent given name.
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Nita, Ani, Niter, niter beater skitter eater, kiloniter, pa-nita pie, Nini
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Anita Protti, Swiss track and field athlete
Anita Rani, BBC Asian Network presenter
Anita Roddick, founder of cosmetics company The Body Shop
Annita Keating, Wife of former Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating.
Anita Alvarado King, American author
Anita Loos (1888–1981), acclaimed American screenwriter, playwright and author
Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress
Anita Baker, multi-platinum selling rhythm and blues singer-songwriter and 8 time Grammy Award winner- Anita in song, story & screen: | Edit
Anita, an Italian comic book character inspired to the Swedish actress, created by Guido Crepax.
Anita Blake, protagonist of Laurell K. Hamilton's novel series Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
Lieutenant Anita Van Buren, a character in the TV crime drama Law & Order.
Anita, is a recurring character in the British sit-com, dinnerladies.
Anita (Darkstalkers) a videogame character, who is always following Donovan Baine
Fashion designer Anita Campbell-Green in 101 Dalmatians the live-action film.
Anita, character in West side story. (Version of Romeo and Juliet).
Anita, once off character in Doctor Who Silence in The Library
Anita Miller, from the movie Almost Famous, whose records inspire her younger brother's interest in music
Anita, the human owner of Perdita in '101 Dalmations'
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Global Popularity of the Name Anita
- #15 in Iceland
- #86 in Hungary
- #339 in Norway
- #384 in Canada (Alberta)
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