Meaning of the nameAnita
- Female
- Spanish origin
- Hebrew origin
- A-ni-ta
Anita is a female name, a diminutive of Ana that came from Spanish and goes back to the Hebrew Ḥannâ, 'grace'.
Meaning
“diminutive of Ana, a name that comes from the Hebrew Ḥannâ ('grace')”
Source: Wiktionary: Anita · Behind the Name: Anita · Behind the Name: Hannah · Wiktionary: Ana
- People (2022)
- 30,923
- Rank in Brazil
- #800
- Median age
- 61 years
- 2010 Census
- 37,323
- people
Anita in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Anita, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (6,103 people).
30,788 women 135 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Anita is most common
States with the highest share of people named Anita in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.034%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.033%
- Bahia 0.026%
- Paraná 0.021%
- Espírito Santo 0.019%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 5,926 | 0.013% |
| Bahia | 3,619 | 0.026% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 3,610 | 0.033% |
| Minas Gerais | 3,341 | 0.016% |
| Santa Catarina | 2,556 | 0.034% |
| Paraná | 2,421 | 0.021% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,013 | 0.013% |
| Pernambuco | 828 | 0.009% |
| Goiás | 815 | 0.012% |
| Espírito Santo | 725 | 0.019% |
| Mato Grosso | 593 | 0.016% |
| Pará | 502 | 0.006% |
| Ceará | 465 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 396 | 0.012% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 388 | 0.014% |
| Distrito Federal | 362 | 0.013% |
| Paraíba | 359 | 0.009% |
| Maranhão | 353 | 0.005% |
| Amazonas | 297 | 0.008% |
| Rondônia | 267 | 0.017% |
| Alagoas | 251 | 0.008% |
| Piauí | 231 | 0.007% |
| Sergipe | 229 | 0.010% |
| Tocantins | 165 | 0.011% |
| Roraima | 110 | 0.017% |
| Amapá | 65 | 0.009% |
| Acre | 36 | 0.004% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Anita
According to Wiktionary, Anita was taken from the Spanish Anita, formed from Ana plus the diminutive suffix -ita, and Behind the Name records it as a diminutive of Ana in Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian and Slovene. Ana comes from the Latin and Greek Anna, which go back to the Hebrew Ḥannâ, translated by Behind the Name as 'favor, grace'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 30,923 people named Anita, with a median age of 61. Most frequent among people born up to the 1950s, the name appears again among those born in the 2000s and 2010s; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil notes Anitha, Annita and Anyta as graphic variants.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Anita · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Anita · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Hannah · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Ana · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Anita · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Anita
What does the name Anita mean?
Anita means “diminutive of Ana, a name that comes from the Hebrew Ḥannâ ('grace')”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Anita in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 30,923 people with the first name Anita, which ranks it number 800 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Anita a boy's or a girl's name?
Anita is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 30,788 women and 135 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Anita?
Anita is a name of Spanish and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Anita most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.034% of the state's population is named Anita (2,556 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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