Anita

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

1) Spanish diminutive form of Anna [1] [2] [3]

2) Italian diminutive form of Anna [3]

Related Names

     
Anita Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Aníta Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Anite Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Anitha Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Anithe Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Anitta Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Anitte Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Annita Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Annite Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Annitha Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Annitta Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish

See also Nita

Name Days

Finland Finland

22 October

Norway Norway

10 July

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

22 October

Sweden Sweden

9 September

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Anita
Accusative: Anitu
Dative: Anitu
Genitive: Anitu
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Anita
Accusative: Anitu
Dative: Anitu
Genitive: Anitu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1864 [2]
Norway: 1880 [3]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway: Sogn og Fjordane [3]

Namesakes

Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (* 29 September 1931), Swedish model and actress

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 27494 60446 0 0
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 11588 14599 0 0
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 7854 n.a. 0 n.a
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png n.a. 28584 0 0
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[4][6][5][7]:Name statistics for Anita(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Anita(f)


Sources: [4] [6] [5] [7]

References

  1. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi