THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Anita
Anita is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Anita Linda. This snapshot links the name to 5 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Spanish Anita, diminutive of Ana (“Ann”).
A female given name from Spanish.
SpanishEtymology & source
From Ana + -ita.
a diminutive of the female given name Ana, equivalent to English Annie; a female given name of Latin American usage
SpanishEtymology & source
Learned borrowing from Latin Anna.
Ana, a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Ann, Anna, Anne, or Hannah
EnglishEtymology & source
From Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ana, Anna, Anne, and Hannah.
A female given name from Hebrew.
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People with the name Anita
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Anita Linda
Filipino actress (1924–2020)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Anita Magsaysay-Ho
Filipino painter (1914-2012)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
3
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
5
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Anita Linda
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Anita in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Anita
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Alita·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Danita♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Nita·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Ana♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Analita·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Anecita·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Aniana♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Anicka♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Anita?
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Explore Anita further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q925678 — Anita (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Anita Magsaysay-Ho (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q925678 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Anita Linda (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q925678 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Anita (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Anita (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Anita (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Anita (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.