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My name is Anita and I love it. I have only ever met two other Anita's before and one of them was spelt Annita. I believe a person will make a name special. They don't become special from having a particular name. I feel special that I have so many nick names people use for my name and feel comfortable calling me "Neet" or "neety" after knowing me only a short while. The nickname used amongst my closest friends is "Anitapee". Using the name Anita i'd suggest a middle name with fewer syllables for example mine is Rochelle Only one less syllable than my first name but still it helps to balance it out.

Nicknames for Anita: | Edit

Nita, Ani, Niter, niter beater skitter eater, kiloniter, pa-nita pie, Nini

Meanings and history of the name Anita: | Edit

Spanish short form of Anne, meaning "full of grace"

Famous real-life people named Anita: | Edit

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), American screenwriter, playwright and author, best known for "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
Anita Briem, Icelandic actress, best known for playing Jane Seymour in the Showtime series "The Tudors"
Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress
Anita Baker, multi-platinum selling rhythm and blues singer-songwriter and 8 time Grammy Award winner
Anita Mui, Asian sing

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'