Anahit (name)

Anahit (, in Armenian Անահիտ) (in Western Armenian transliteration and pronunciation Anahid) is goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Iranian and Armenian mythology.

Anahita is a Persian goddess, known also by the spellings Anahit/Anahid.

Anahit and variant Anahid is a common given name for Iranian and Armenian females, and may refer to:

Anahid
(in Western Armenian given names)
 * Anahid Ajemian (1924–2016), Armenian-American violinist
 * Anahid Fayad (born 1983), Syrian-born Palestinian-Jordanian actress
 * Anaid Iplicjian (born 1935), German-Armenian actress
 * Anahid Nersessian, American writer and critic
 * Anahide Ter Minassian (1929–2019), French-Armenian historian

Anahit
(in Eastern Armenian given names)
 * Anahit Bakhshyan (born 1947), Armenian politician and MP
 * Anahit Maschyan (1900–1989), Armenian theatre and film actress
 * Anahit Nersesyan (born 1954), Armenian pianist
 * Anahit Perikhanian (1928–2012), Armenian Iranologist
 * Anahit Sahinyan (1917–2010), Armenian writer
 * Anahit Tsitsikian (1926–1999), Armenian violinist
 * Anahit Yulanda Varan (1917–2003), Turkish street performer of Armenian ethnicity