Anita
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning grace; a diminutive of Ana.
Anita by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Anita. In the US, 185 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 5,813 babies in 1957, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Ana
Like Anita, each of these traces back to Ana: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Anita. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Anita
Names that are said the same way as Anita, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean grace
Like Anita, each of these has grace in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gracegrace, favour1,309 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milagracious, dear1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hannahgrace, favour5,878 in the US (2017)
- Annagrace or favor4,528 in the US (2017)
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- GiannaGod is gracious3,188 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Anita
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