What does the name Anita mean?

Answer 1

Nitya is one of the God's description or name .
Anita is the energy or power of God Nitya.
Nitya means the one who never changes, transforms or decays.
It is always same for all time in past, present and future

Answer 2

Meaning Of The Name Anita

Answer 3

Anita Means Graceful...

Answer 4

Origin: Hebrew, Spanish, Finnish
Meaning: Grace; favour

Origin: Sanskrit
Meaning: Without guile; leader

Form of: Ana
Variants: Anithra, Lanita, Neida

Answer 5

Name Meaning:
Grace ...
Origin: Italian

Answer 6

Anita is a Spanish feminitve dimunitive form** of "Ana" -- which goes back to Latin "Anna". The English equivalent is "Anne".

The Latin is an adaptation of the original HEBREW name "Hannah", meaning "grace, favor". Such names if Hebrew almost always refer to God, even if he is not specifically mentioned. Thus "Hannah" would mean "(God has been) gracious"/"(God has shown) favor", and would usually be related to the circumstances of the girl's birth.

**a diminutive is a type of "pet name" adapted form of the original form of the name and used as term of endearment
The -ita ending is a Spanish feminine ending for "little one" -- same ending as in "senorita"

A common English parallel would be the adding of -y or -ie at the end of a name (though that suffix may also me used with male names). Thus, an English parallel to Spanish "Anita" would be "Annie" (cf. male name "Johnny"), also "Nancy". Compare "-ita" with the related French ending "-ette"(equivalent name = "Anette")


Note:
This way of naming a child by referring to God's acts or character, and to the circumstances of the child's birth, is actually far more common with MALE names in Hebrew. There are, in fact, male names related to Hannah, built on the same base word. The best known of these is "Johannan", which mean "The LORD is (has been) gracious". This is the origin of our name "John" and the MANY variations, from Ivan to Sean.

So, in a sense, "(H)anna(h)" and "Anita" are female equivalents of John. (In fact, it seems likely that name of 'John (the Baptist)' in the gospels was deliberately chosen to connect the story of his birth and the mission he was supposed to have, with the story of the barren Hannah and her son, Samuel. The story, told in Luke 1-2, has a number of connections with the story of Hannah.)


Here are links that spell some of this out, from one of the BEST name sites on the web. Many of the "baby name" books and web sites are very inconsistent because they gather their information from a variety of sources, some of them reliable, some not. (Unfortunately, it's very difficult for those who don't happen to have a good background in the languages involved to sort the good from the bad.) behindthenames.com and a few others (like http://www.aboutnames.ch/ ) are far more careful. They also tend to EXPLAIN exactly how the name got from the original to its current form.

http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=anita
http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=ana
http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=hannah

Answer 7

In Hebrew, Spanish and Finnish, it means "Grace" or "Favor".
in Sanskrit, it is a male name meaning "Without guile" or "leader".