Gender:
Origin:
Hebrew
745 famous people named Anita found on Wikipedia.
214004 female, 684 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
1323-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
77-th in year 1963
Used in: Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Indian, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish
A female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
Anita is a common given name for women, which is derived from Sanskrit and mostly used in India and United States. In Sanskrit, Anita means full of grace, mercy, favor, variety, a leader, without guile. The name is the Spanish version of Anne. In Hebrew, Anita derives from the name Hannah, which means grace or graceful. Furthermore, Anita is the short form for Anahita, the Iranian water goddess in Avestan (an East Iranian language), and also has the meanings of kindness and being personable.
The name Anita is mostly used in Persian, Hungary and Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Italian speaking countries as well as in Indian languages with Sanskrit origins.
Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian and Slovene diminutive of Ana: grace, favor.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anita Hill | 1956 | Law professor; witness in Clarence Thomas controversy |
| 2 | Anita Hassanandani Reddy | 1980 | Indian actress |
| 3 | Anita Rani | 1977 | British radio presenter |
| 4 | Anita Sarkeesian | 1984 | American blogger |
| 5 | Anita Pallenberg | 1942 | German actress, model and Rolling Stones groupie |
| 6 | Anita Bryant | 1940 | American singer |
| 7 | Anita Baker | 1958 | American singer-songwriter |
| 8 | Anita Ekberg | 1931 | Actress, model |
| 9 | Anita Raj | 1962 | Indian actress |
| 10 | Anita Mui | 1963 | Hong Kong singer and actress |
| 11 | Anita Briem | 1982 | Icelandic actress |
| 12 | Anita Bose Pfaff | 1942 | German economist and politician |
| 13 | Anita Dobson | 1949 | Actress |
| 14 | Anita Desai | 1937 | Indian novelist |
| 15 | Anita Roddick | 1942 | Business woman, founder of The Body Shop |
| 16 | Anita Barone | 1964 | Actress from the United States |
| 17 | Anita Manning | 1947 | Scottish auctioneer |
| 18 | Vurnon Anita | 1989 | Football player from Curaçao |
| 19 | Anita Gregory | 1925 | British psychologist |
| 20 | Anita Moorjani | 1959 | Anita Moorjani |
| 21 | Anita Harris | 1944 | British Singer and Actress |
| 22 | Anita Yuen | 1971 | Hong Kong actress |
| 23 | Anita Blake | Fictional character | |
| 24 | Anita Van Buren | Character in the TV series Law & Order | |
| 25 | Anita O'Day | 1919 | American female jazz singer |
| 26 | Anita Doth | 1971 | Dutch singer |
| 27 | Anita Morris | 1943 | American actress, singer and dancer |
| 28 | Anita Dongre | 1963 | Fashion designer |
| 29 | Anita Carter | 1933 | American singer |
| 30 | Anita Pointer | 1948 | American singer and songwriter |
| 31 | Anita Gillette | 1936 | American actress |
| 32 | Anita Ábel | 1975 | Hungarian actress |
| 33 | Anita Alvarez | 1960 | The State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois. |
| 34 | Anita Marks | 1970 | American football player and reporter |
| 35 | Marissa Anita | 1983 | |
| 36 | Anita Thigpen Perry | 1952 | First Lady of Texas since 2000 |
| 37 | Anita Włodarczyk | 1985 | Polish hammer thrower |
| 38 | Anita Decker Breckenridge | 1978 | American government official |
| 39 | Anita Brookner | 1928 | British novelist and art historian. |
| 40 | Anita Witzier | 1961 | Dutch television presenter / host |
| 41 | Anita Louise | 1915 | Actress |
| 42 | Anita Page | 1910 | American actress |
| 43 | Anita Ward | 1957 | Singer and musician |
| 44 | Anita Loos | 1889 | Actress, novelist, screenwriter, TV producer |
| 45 | Anita Lane | 1959 | Australian singer-songwriter |
| 46 | Anita Anand | 1972 | British radio and television presenter and journalist |
| 47 | Anita Kupsch | 1940 | German actress |
| 48 | Anita Zucker | 1962 | Governor of the Hudson Bay Company |
| 49 | Anita Nair | 1966 | Indian writer |
| 50 | Anita Gargas | 1964 | Polish mathematician and journalist |
| 51 | Anita Kanwal | 1954 | Indian actress |
| 52 | Anita Berber | 1899 | German actress, erotic dancer, prostitute |
| 53 | Anita Dunn | 1958 | American political strategist |
| 54 | Anita Shreve | 1946 | American writer |
| 55 | Anita Blond | 1976 | Hungarian pornographic and mainstream actress, and adult model |
| 56 | Anita Alvarado | 1972 | Chilean actor |
| 57 | Anita Kanwar | Indian actress | |
| 58 | Anita Garibaldi | 1821 | Wife of Garibaldi |
| 59 | Anita Guha | 1932 | Indian actress |
| 60 | Anita Borg | 1949 | American computer scientist |
| 61 | Anita Lasker-Wallfisch | 1925 | German musician; Holocaust survivor |
| 62 | Anita Rinaldi | 1974 | Hungarian former pornographic actress and film director |
| 63 | Anita Kert Ellis | 1920 | American actress and singer |
| 64 | Anita Hegerland | 1961 | Norwegian singer |
| 65 | Anita Carey | 1948 | British actress |
| 66 | Anita Diamant | 1951 | American writer |
| 67 | Anita Kerr | 1927 | American composer |
| 68 | Anita Roy | ||
| 69 | Anita Marietta Hopt | 1981 | German actress, singer, and voice actress |
| 70 | Anita Sarawak | 1952 | Singaporean-born singer |
| 71 | Anita Ratnam | 1954 | Indian dancer and choreographer |
| 72 | Anita Linda | 1924 | Filipino actress |
| 73 | Anita Pratap | 1958 | Indian writer and journalist |
| 74 | Anita Hegh | 1972 | Australian actress |
| 75 | Anita W. Addison | 1952 | Television and film director, television producer |
| 76 | Anita Wood | 1937 | American singer |
| 77 | Anita Görbicz | 1983 | Hungarian handball player |
| 78 | Anita Tsoy | 1971 | Russian singer |
| 79 | Anita Hartig | 1983 | Romanian opera singer |
| 80 | Anita Florence Hemmings | 1872 | First African-American woman to graduate Vassar College and was a Librarian/Foreign Cataloger at the Boston Public Library |
| 81 | Anita Heilker | 1960 | Dutch singer |
| 82 | Anita Elberse | 1973 | American economist |
| 83 | Anita West | 1935 | British actress |
| 84 | Anita Hirvonen | 1946 | Finnish singer |
| 85 | Anita Garvin | 1907 | American actress |
| 86 | Anita Lo | American chef and restaurateur | |
| 87 | Anita Dark | 1975 | Hungarian pornographic actress |
| 88 | Anita Delgado | 1890 | Spanish dancer |
| 89 | Anita Sharp-Bolster | 1895 | American actress from Ireland |
| 90 | Anita Kapoor | Singaporean television personality | |
| 91 | Anita Antoinette | 1989 | Jamaican singer |
| 92 | Anita Cochran | 1967 | American musician |
| 93 | Anita DeFrantz | 1952 | American rower |
| 94 | Anita Bach | 1927 | Non-fiction writer and architect |
| 95 | Anita Lonsbrough | 1941 | British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder |
| 96 | Anita Colby | 1914 | American actress |
| 97 | Anita Raja | 1953 | Italian translator |
| 98 | Anita Poddebniak | 1960 | Polish actress |
| 99 | Anita Hoffman | 1942 | American writer and activist |
| 100 | Anita Lobel | 1934 | American children's illustrator and writer |
| 101 | Anita Bonds | 1945 | Washington, D.C. City Council member |
| 102 | Anita Lipnicka | 1975 | Polish singer |
| 103 | Anita Asante | 1985 | English international association football player |
| 104 | Anita Strandell | 1940 | Swedish singer |
| 105 | Anita Albus | 1942 | German painter, author and illustrator |
| 106 | Anita Vulesica | 1974 | German actress |
| 107 | Anita Goel | 1973 | Physicist; Physician |
| 108 | Anita Klesky | 1937 | Chilean journalist (1937-2000) |
| 109 | Anita Vogel | 1969 | American news reporter |
| 110 | Anita Kapur | Indian IRS officer | |
| 111 | Anita Kelsey | 2000 | British singer-songwriter |
| 112 | Anita Wilson | 1976 | American bandleader |
| 113 | Anita Jancia | 1975 | Polish actress |
| 114 | Anita Sengupta | ||
| 115 | Anita Ericsson | Swedish pornographic actor and actor | |
| 116 | Anita Köböl | 1984 | |
| 117 | Anita Summers | American economist | |
| 118 | Anita Meyer | 1954 | Dutch singer |
| 119 | Anita Bartolucci | 1949 | Italian actress |
| 120 | Anita Strindberg | 1944 | Swedish film actress |
| 121 | Anita Malfatti | 1889 | Brazilian artist |
| 122 | Anita Stewart | 1895 | American actress, film producer |
| 123 | Anita Shapira | 1940 | Israeli historian |
| 124 | Anita Czerwińska | 1970 | |
| 125 | Anita Deutsch | 1974 | Hungarian actress |
| 126 | Anita Darian | 1927 | Singer and actress |
| 127 | Anita Magsaysay-Ho | 1914 | |
| 128 | Anita Renfroe | 1963 | American comedian |
| 129 | Anita Lerche | 1973 | Singer-songwriter, composer, actress |
| 130 | Anita Madden | 1933 | Kentucky sportswoman and activist |
| 131 | Anita Simoncini | 1999 | Sammarinese singer |
| 132 | Anita Singhvi | 1964 | Indian singer |
| 133 | Anita B. Brody | 1935 | United States federal judge |
| 134 | Anita McNaught | 1965 | British/New Zelander journalist and television presenter |
| 135 | Anita Márton | 1989 | Hungarian shot putter |
| 136 | Anita Björk | 1923 | Swedish actress |
| 137 | Anita Nall | 1976 | American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder |
| 138 | Anita Rau Badami | 1961 | Canadian writer |
| 139 | Anita McLaren | 1987 | Field hockey player |
| 140 | Anita Heiss | 1968 | Indigenous Australian author |
| 141 | Anita Hallama | 1925 | Finnish politician |
| 142 | Anita Mally | 1948 | German screenwriter |
| 143 | Anita Lindman Lamm | 1932 | |
| 144 | Anita Reeves | 1949 | Irish stage and film actress |
| 145 | Anita Guerreiro | 1936 | Portuguese actor |
| 146 | Anita L. Allen | 1953 | American lawyer |
| 147 | Anita Sood | 1973 | Indian swimmer |
| 148 | Anita Vandenbeld | 1971 | |
| 149 | Anita Santivañez Palomino | 1978 | Peruvian singer |
| 150 | Anita Skorgan | 1958 | Norwegian musician |
| 151 | Anita Louise Combe | 1966 | Australian actress |
| 152 | Anita Frew | 1957 | Businessperson |
| 153 | Anita K. Jones | 1942 | American computer scientist and former U.S. government official |
| 154 | Anita Majumdar | Actress | |
| 155 | Anita Countess Zichy-Thyssen | 1909 | |
| 156 | Anita Leocádia Prestes | 1936 | Brazilian historian |
| 157 | Anita Lizana | 1915 | Chilean tennis player |
| 158 | Anita Wachter | 1967 | Austrian alpine skier |
| 159 | Anita Rachman | ||
| 160 | Anita Risma Maerani | 1986 | |
| 161 | Anita King | 1884 | American racing driver |
| 162 | Anita Mann | 1946 | American choreographer |
| 163 | Anita Brenner | 1905 | Mexican writer |
| 164 | Anita Ritzl | 1976 | Austrian singer |
| 165 | Anita Caprioli | 1973 | Italian actress |
| 166 | Anita Mey | 1912 | German actress |
| 167 | Anita Auglend | 1979 | Norwegian singer |
| 168 | Anita Finlay | American actress | |
| 169 | Anita Cerquetti | 1931 | Link to Japanese Wiki |
| 170 | Anita Höfer | 1944 | Actress |
| 171 | Anita Pollitzer | 1894 | American photographer |
| 172 | Anita C. Hill | 1951 | American Lutheran minister |
| 173 | Anita Graham | 1948 | British actress |
| 174 | Anita Sárközi | 1965 | |
| 175 | Anita Padilla | ||
| 176 | Anita Kulcsár | 1976 | Hungarian handball player |
| 177 | Anita of Braganza | 1886 | American socialite and heiress |
| 178 | Anita Harding | 1952 | Neurologist |
| 179 | Anita Tóth | 1972 | Hungarian actress |
| 180 | Anita L. Lopez | NOAA official | |
| 181 | Anita Nederlof | 1990 | Dutch actor and singer |
| 182 | Anita Lindblom | 1937 | Swedish schlager singer and actress |
| 183 | Anita Sajnóg | 1976 | Polish actress |
| 184 | Anita Fetz | 1957 | Swiss politician and historian |
| 185 | Anita | 1960 | Austrian singer |
| 186 | Anita Erskine | 1978 | Ghanaian TV and radio presenter |
| 187 | Anita Steckel | 1930 | American feminist artist known for paintings and photomontages with sexual imagery, the founder of the arts organization "The Fight Censorship Group" |
| 188 | Anita Ganeri | 1961 | British children's writer |
| 189 | Anita Rios | American politician | |
| 190 | Anita Bitri | 1968 | Albanian singer |
| 191 | Anita Augspurg | 1857 | German jurist, actress, writer, and activist |
| 192 | Anita Sheoran | 1984 | |
| 193 | Anita Newcomb McGee | 1864 | American physician |
| 194 | Anita Carolina Mohade | Indonesian actress | |
| 195 | Anita Roberts | 1942 | American biologist |
| 196 | Anita Werner | 1978 | Journalist |
| 197 | Anita Turner | 1972 | British television producer |
| 198 | Anita Sanders | 1942 | Swedish actress |
| 199 | Anita Jeram | 1965 | English picture book illustrator and writer |
| 200 | Anita De Bauch | 1986 | Model |