Comments for ANITA:

If it wasn't for Anita Bryant, this name would be pretty, but alas, the bigoted, obnoxious Bryant has soiled this name for me.

-- gaelruadh19  4/20/2005

It's a beautiful name! In Portugal Anita is the main character of a famous collection of books.

-- Mary-Rach  5/14/2005

There is a character in the musical West Side Story named Anita.

-- SamuellaAnabella  7/5/2005

Character named Anita Blake in Laurell K. Hamilton's "Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter" series.

-- Ciarda  7/14/2005

A famous bearer is Swedish actress Anita Ekberg. This name is also used in Italy.

-- else_dk  9/19/2005

This name can also be Aneeta and it is Indian (pronounced the same).

-- Anonymous User  9/22/2005

Anita is the wife of Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau (The Netherlands).

-- Anonymous User  11/16/2005

Pet name form of Spanish Juanita. Considered to be an alternative form for Joanna. Quite widely used in Poland.

-- Ryan  4/8/2006

Anita is my mom's name when she changed it. Her name used to be something eles before Anita is what I'm saying. I like the name. ^_^

-- roxyblues  4/21/2006

I think this is an elegant name, one that a child could easily grow up with and it isn't over used.

-- Anonymous User  4/25/2006

Origin is Indian as well.

-- Anonymous User  8/22/2006

I don't agree that Anita Bryant has ruined this name. Yeah, she's a bigot and not very concerned with hiding it, but her star has fallen and been fallen for many years. She's not much in the news anymore, I cannot recall the last time I heard her name in the press.
I think Anita is a very pretty and lively name. My problem with it is it just cries out for a moronic pun to be made out of it: Anita Mann, Anita Hooker, Anita Beer, Anita Beaton, you name it.

-- Starla Roxanne  9/12/2006

A famous bearer of this name would be Anita Carter who had an absolutely beautiful voice. She was the sister of June Carter Cash. I'm a big fan.

-- Cyneburga  3/7/2007

Also a feminine name in Slovenia.

-- earthnut  7/3/2007

Americans, do your daughter a favor and do not name her this, as the name will inevitably lead to bad puns, especially with the wrong type of surname. In other countries, the name works quite differently, as it doesn't sound like ''I need a''.

-- slight night shiver  4/19/2008

Anita Briem - an Icelandic actress who plays Jane Seymour in the Tudors and stars in Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D.

-- greenfairy  5/29/2008

This is my name, and I can definitely say I have heard the "I need a" pun many, many times. However, as I've gotten older I've come to appreciate it. As an adult I've had many people tell me that it's a beautiful and unique name. Don't worry about teasing too much if you're considering this name, because children will find a way to make fun of any name if they try hard enough.

-- ScruffyPrincess  8/20/2008

Anita Jeram is a well-known English illustrator of children's books.

-- Jonquil  8/31/2008

It's also the name of Roger's wife in Disney's 101 Dalmatians. Heh.

It's a beautiful name too. Very classy.

-- Linden  9/4/2008

Anita Page was a silent film actress who died recently at 98.

-- bananarama  11/15/2008

Italian assistant director Alessandro Casale and Slovak actress Barbora Bobul'ová have a daughter Anita Casale, born in August 2008.

-- Emilie007  1/14/2009

I adore this name and would name my daughter Anita. It is so perfect for a little girl just like Nina or Anya. It is feminine yet doesn't sound weak.

-- mare  4/9/2009

I think that Anita is in Spain used as a nickname Ana, it means "little Ana" in Spanish.

-- 10Katta12  4/21/2009

Anita is also an Italian name, not only Spanish and Finnish.

-- Fantafree  6/5/2009

I love this name. It's also used in Croatia, and it's pronounced ah-NITT-ah. It doesn't sound like "I need a".

-- enchy  9/7/2009

Anita is hideously ugly and dated.

-- Anonymous User  11/19/2009

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