Anita (given name)

Anita is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are now common worldwide, especially in regions where Indo-European languages are spoken, namely Europe, South Asia, North America.

Given name

 * Anita W. Addison (1952–2004), American television and film director and producer
 * Anita Álvarez de Williams (born 1931), American anthropologist, photographer, and historian
 * Anita Østby (born 1972), Norwegian Liberal Party politician
 * Anita Allen (pentathlete) (born 1977), American Olympic pentathlete
 * Anita Alpern (1920–2006), American Internal Revenue Service official
 * Anita Alvarez (born 1960), American government official, State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois
 * Anita Alvarez (synchronized swimmer), American, (born 1996)
 * Anita Among (born 1973), Ugandan accountant, lawyer and politician
 * Anita Anand (born 1972), British radio presenter, and journalist
 * Anita Anand (born 1967), Canadian lawyer and current Member of Parliament currently serving as Minister of National Defence
 * Anita Andreassen (born 1960), Norwegian mushing competitor
 * Anita Apelthun Sæle (born 1951), Norwegian politician
 * Anita Arya (born 1963), Indian politician
 * Anita Asante (born 1985), British footballer
 * Anita Auglend (born 1979), Norwegian singer
 * Anita Augspurg (1857–1943), German lawyer, actor, writer, and feminist
 * Anita B. Brody (born 1935), American judge
 * Anita Bärwirth (1918–1994), German gymnast
 * Anita Baker (born 1958), American R&amp;B and soul singer and songwriter
 * Anita Barone (born 1964), American actress
 * Anita Berber (1899–1928), German dancer, actress, and writer
 * Anita Berrizbeitia (born 1957), Venezuelan-born American landscape theorist, teacher, and writer
 * Anita Best, Canadian teacher, broadcaster, and singer
 * Anita Bitri-Prapaniku (1968–2004), Albanian pop singer and violinist
 * Anita Björk (1923–2012), Swedish actress
 * Anita K. Blair (born 1950), American military judge
 * Anita Błochowiak (born 1973), Polish politician
 * Anita Borg (1949–2003), American computer scientist
 * Anita Bose Pfaff (born 1942), Austrian economics professor, daughter of Indian politician Subhas Chandra Bose
 * Anita Boyer (1915–1985), American Big Band singer and songwriter
 * Anita Brenner (1905–1974), Mexican-born writer of children's literature and books on Mexican art and history
 * Anita Briem (born 1982), Icelandic actress
 * Anita Brodén (born 1948), Swedish Liberal People's Party politician
 * Anita Brookner CBE (1928–2016), British novelist and art historian
 * Anita Bryant (born 1940), American anti-gay activist
 * Anita Bulath (born 1983), Hungarian handballer
 * Anita Buri (born 1978), Swiss beauty pageant winner, crowned Miss Switzerland 1999
 * Anita Bush (1883–1974), American stage actress and playwright
 * Anita C. Hill (born 1951), American cleric
 * Anita Calvert Lebourgeoise (1879–1940), American attorney, judge, genealogist, biographer, and feminist
 * Anita Caprioli (born 1973), Italian theater and film actress
 * Anita Carey (1948–2023), British actress
 * Ana Carrillo Domínguez (1898-1974), known as Anita Carrillo, communist activist and a captain in the Spanish Republican Army.
 * Anita Carter (1933–1999), American country and folk singer
 * Anita Caspary (1915–2011), American nun, founder of Immaculate Heart of Mary Community
 * Anita Cerquetti (1931–2014), Italian dramatic soprano
 * Anita Chapman (born 1952), British Paralympic archer
 * Anita Christensen (born 1972), Danish professional boxer
 * Anita Cobby (1959–1986), Australian nurse and beauty pageant winner
 * Anita Cifra (born 1989), Hungarian handballer
 * Anita Cochran (born 1967), American country singer, songwriter, and record producer
 * Anita Colby (1914–1992), American actress and model
 * Anita Coleman, American librarian and researcher
 * Anita Conti (1899–1997), French explorer, photographer and oceanographer
 * Anita Cornwell (1923–2023), American gay rights advocate
 * Anita Daher, Canadian writer of juvenile and teen books
 * Anita Darian (1927–2015), American singer and actress
 * Anita De Bauch (born 1986), British model
 * Anita de Braganza (1886–1977), American socialite and heiress
 * Anita DeFrantz (born 1952), American Olympic rower
 * Anita De Sosoo, Ghanaian politician
 * Anita Delgado (1890–1962), Spanish flamenco dancer and singer
 * Anita Desai (born 1937), Indian novelist and academic
 * Anita Diamant (born 1951), American writer
 * Anita Dillen (born 1959), former ABN-Amro executive, niece of Philips CEO Cor Dillen
 * Anita Dobson (born 1949), British television actress
 * Anita Dolly Panek (born 1930), Brazilian biochemist
 * Anita Doreen Diggs (born 1966), American editor, novelist, and lecturer
 * Anita Doth (born 1971), Dutch singer
 * Anita Dunn (born 1958), American political consultant
 * Anita Ekberg (1931–2015), Swedish model and actress
 * Anita Elberse (born 1970s), American academic
 * Anita Ellis (1920–2015), Canadian-born American singer and actress
 * Anita Elson (1898–1985), American dancer and singer
 * Anita Fernandini de Naranjo (1902–1982), Peruvian politician
 * Anita Finlay, American actress
 * Anita Gaće (born 1983), Croatian handballer
 * Anita Gale, Baroness Gale (born 1940), British politician
 * Anita Galić (born 1985), Croatian freestyle swimmer
 * Anita Ganeri (born 1961), British writer, the Horrible Geography series
 * Anita Gara (born 1983), Hungarian chess grand master
 * Anita Garanča (1949–2015), Latvian singer and music teacher, mother of the famous operatic mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča
 * Anita Garibaldi (1821–1849), Brazilian-born revolutionary, wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi
 * Anita Garvin (1907–1994), American actress and comedian
 * Anita Gershman, American film producer
 * Anita Gillette (born 1936), American actress
 * Anita Glesta (born 1958), American artist
 * Anita Goel, American physicist and physician
 * Anita Görbicz (born 1983), Hungarian handball player
 * Anita Gradin (1933–2022), Swedish politician and ambassador
 * Anita Grūbe (born 1955), Latvian actress
 * Anita Guha (1932–2007), Indian film actress
 * Anita Gutwell (1931–2022), Austrian film actress
 * Anita Håkenstad (born 1968), Norwegian long-distance runner
 * Anita Hagen (1931–2015), Canadian politician
 * Anita Hall, American politician
 * Anita Halpin (born 1944), British politician
 * Anita Hansbo (born 1960), Swedish mathematician and academic administrator
 * Anita Harding (1952–1995), British neurologist
 * Anita Harris (born 1942), British actress and singer
 * Anita Hegerland (born 1961), Norwegian singer
 * Anita Hegh (born 1972), Australian actor
 * Anita Heiss (born 1968), Indigenous Australian writer
 * Anita Hendrie (1863–1940), American actress
 * Anita Hill (born 1956), American academic
 * Aníta Hinriksdóttir (born 1996), Icelandic middle-distance runner
 * Anita Hoffman (1942–1998), American activist and writer, wife of radical Abbie Hoffman
 * Anita Howard (born 1969), American sprinter
 * Anita Huffington (born 1934), American sculptor
 * Anita Hugi (born 1975),Swiss author, producer, journalist, editor, filmmaker and festival director.
 * Anita Inder Singh, Indian international affairs analyst
 * Anita Iseghohi (born 1985), Nigerian businesswoman
 * Anita Jönsson (born 1947), Swedish Social Democratic politician
 * Anita Johansson (figure skater) (born 1954), Swedish figure skater
 * Anita Johansson (politician) (born 1944), Swedish Social Democratic politician
 * Anita Jose (born 1970s), Indian-born educator and business strategist
 * Anita Kanter (born 1933), American tennis player ranked in World top 10
 * Anita Kanwal (born 1954), Indian television actress and producer
 * Anita Kanwar, Indian film and television actor
 * Anita Kazai (born 1988), Hungarian handballer
 * Anita Kelsey (born 1963), British singer and songwriter
 * Anita Kerr (1927–2022), American singer, composer, arranger and producer
 * Anita King (1884–1963), American racecar driver, actress, and thoroughbred racehorse owner
 * Anita Klein (born 1960), Austrialina-born British painter and print-maker
 * Anita Klemensen (born 1977), Danish chef
 * Anita Kulcsár (1976–2005), Hungarian handballer
 * Anita Kuhlke (born 1947), German rower
 * Anita Kunz (born 1956), Canadian-born artist and illustrator
 * Anita L. Allen (born 1953), American academic
 * Anita Lallande (1949–2021), Puerto Rican Olympic swimmer
 * Anita Lane (1959–2021), Australian singer and songwriter
 * Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (born 1925), German-born cellist and Holocaust survivor
 * Anita Leocádia Prestes (born 1936), Brazilian historian
 * Anita Lerche (born 1973), Danish singer, songwriter, and composer
 * Anita Lerman (born 1944), American politician
 * Anita Liepiņa (born 1967), Latvian race walker and long distance runner
 * Anita Linda (1924–2020), Filipino film actor
 * Anita Lipnicka (born 1975), Polish singer and songwriter
 * Anita Lizana (1915–1994), Chilean tennis player
 * Anita Lo, American chef and restaurateur
 * Anita Lonsbrough MBE (born 1941), British swimmer
 * Anita Loos (1889–1981), American screenwriter and playwright
 * Anita Louise (1915–1970), American film actress
 * Anita Louise Combe, Australian actress, singer, and dancer
 * Anita Louise Suazo (born 1937), Native-American potter
 * Anita Márton (born 1989), Hungarian shot putter
 * Anita Madden (1933–2018), American sportswoman
 * Anita Malfatti (1889–1964), Brazilian artist
 * Anita Mann (born 1946), American choreographer, dancer, and actress
 * Anita Marks (born 1970), American football player and radio personality
 * Anita Martinez (born 1925), American politician
 * Anita Martini (1939–1993), American journalist
 * Anita Mason (1942–2020), British writer
 * Anita McNaught (born 1965), British-born New Zealand journalist and television presenter
 * Anita Meyer (Annita Meijer, born 1954), Dutch singer
 * Anita Miller (publisher) (1926–2018), American author and publisher
 * Anita Miller (field hockey) (born 1951), American field hockey player and Olympic athlete
 * Anita Miller Smith (1893–1968), American impressionist and regionalist painter
 * Anita Moen (born 1967), Norwegian cross-country skier
 * Anita Mormand (born 1971), French sprinter
 * Anita Morris (1943–1994), American actress
 * Anita Mui (1963–2003), Hong Kong singer and actress
 * Anita Nüßner (born 1935), German sprint canoeist
 * Anita Nair (born 1966), Indian-born writer
 * Anita Nall (born 1976), American Olympic swimmer
 * Anita Neville MP (born 1942), Canadian politician
 * Anita Newcomb McGee (1864–1940), American physician
 * Anita North (born 1963), British shooter
 * Anita Nyberg (born 1940), Swedish academic
 * Anita Nyman (born 1971), Finnish cross-country skier
 * Anita O'Day (1919–2006), American jazz singer
 * Anita de Braganza (1886–1977), American socialite and heiress
 * Anita Orlund (born 1964), Norwegian Labour Party politician
 * Anita Ortega, Puerto Rican basketball player
 * Anita Otto (1942–2019), German discus thrower
 * Anita Pádár (born 1979), Hungarian footballer
 * Anita Page (1910–2008), American film actress
 * Anita Palermo Kelly (1913–1990), American politician
 * Anita Pallenberg (1942–2017), Italian-born actress, model, and fashion designer
 * Annita Pania (born 1970), Greek television hostess
 * Anita Parkhurst Willcox (1892–1984), American artist, feminist, and pacifist
 * Anita Peabody (1925–1934), American racehorse
 * Anita Perez Ferguson (born 1949), American speaker, consultant, and writer
 * Anita Perras (born 1960), Canadian country singer
 * Anita Thigpen Perry (born 1952), American healthcare advocate and First Lady of Texas (2000–2015)
 * Anita Phillips (1945–2023), Australian politician
 * Anita Pistone (born 1976), Italian runner
 * Anita Pijpelink (born 1974), Dutch politician
 * Anita Pointer (1948–2022), American R&amp;B/soul singer and songwriter, member of The Pointer Sisters
 * Anita Pollitzer (1894–1975), American photographer
 * Anita J. Prazmowska, British academic
 * Anita Protti (born 1964), Swiss track and field athlete
 * Anita Punt (born 1987), New Zealand field hockey player
 * Anita Rachlis, Canadian AIDS researcher
 * Anita Raj (born 1962), Indian actress
 * Anita Ramasastry, American academic
 * Anita Rani (born 1977), British radio and television presenter and journalist
 * Anita Rapp (born 1977), Norwegian footballer
 * Anita Ratnam (born 1954), Indian dancer and choreographer
 * Anita Rau Badami (born 1961), Indian-born Canadian writer
 * Anita Reeves (1948–2016), Irish actress
 * Anita Renfroe (born 1962), American comedian
 * Anita Roberts (1942–2006), American molecular biologist
 * Anita Roddick DBE (1942–2007), British businesswoman, founder of The Body Shop
 * Anita Rollin (born c. 1981), Sri Lankan snowboarder
 * Anita Sarkeesian (born 1983), Canadian-American feminist
 * Anita Schätzle (born 1981), German freestyle wrestler
 * Anita Schjøll Brede (born 1985), Norwegian entrepreneur
 * Anita Shapira (born 1940), Israeli historian
 * Anita Sheoran (born 1984), Indian freestyle wrestler
 * Anita Shreve (1946–2018), American writer
 * Anita Sidén (born 1940), Swedish Moderate Party politician
 * Anita Silvers (1940–2019), American philosopher
 * Anita Silvey (born 1947), American editor and literary critic
 * Anita Singhvi (born 1964), Indian classical singer
 * Anita Skorgan (born 1958), Norwegian singer and songwriter
 * Anita Smits (born 1967), Dutch archer
 * Anita Snellman (1924–2006), Finnish painter
 * Anita Sokołowska (born 1976), Polish actress
 * Anita Stansfield (born 1961), American writer
 * Anita Stewart (1895–1961), American actress and film producer
 * Anita Stewart (culinary author) (1947–2020), Canadian culinary writer and food activist
 * Anita Strindberg (born 1937), Italian actress
 * Anita Summers (1925–2023), American educator
 * Anita Thallaug (1938–2023), Norwegian actor and singer
 * Anita Tijoux (born 1977), French-born Chilean hip-hop musician
 * Anita Trumpe (born 1968), Latvian hurdler
 * Anita Tsoy (born 1971), Russian singer
 * Anita Turner (born 1972), British script editor and television producer
 * Anita Ušacka (born 1952), Latvian judge and academic
 * Anita Utseth (born 1966), Norwegian engineer and politician
 * Anita Uwagbale (now Anita Iseghohi), Nigerian beauty queen and model
 * Anita Valen (born 1968), Norwegian cyclist
 * Anita Vogel (born 1969), American news reporter
 * Anita Weiß (born 1955), German middle-distance runner
 * Anita Włodarczyk (born 1985), Polish hammer thrower
 * Anita Waage (born 1971), Norwegian footballer
 * Anita Wachter (born 1967), Austrian alpine skier
 * Anita Wagner (born 1960), Austrian singer
 * Anita Wall (born 1940), Swedish actress
 * Anita Ward (born 1956), American singer
 * Anita Werner (born 1978), Polish television journalist
 * Anita West (born 1935), British actress and television presenter
 * Anita Weyermann (born 1977), Swiss middle-distance runner
 * Anita Wood (1937–2023), American television performer
 * Anita Yuen (born 1971), Hong Kong actress
 * Anita Zucker (born 1951/1952), American businesswoman, first female Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company
 * Gurmayum Anita Devi, Indian mountaineer
 * J. Anita Stup (born 1945), American politician
 * Jagat and Anita Nanjappa, Indian race-car drivers
 * Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau (born 1969), Dutch royal

Characters

 * Anita Blake, the protagonist of Laurell K. Hamilton's novel series Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
 * Anita (Darkstalkers), a video game character in Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge
 * Anita Hailey (Shiho Miyano), a character in the manga/anime Case Closed
 * Anita Santos, character on the ABC daytime drama All My Children
 * Anita Barnes, a character from the film The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations played by Chantel Giacalone
 * Anita Knight, from The Secret Show
 * Anita Van Buren, character on the television crime drama Law & Order portrayed by S. Epatha Merkerson
 * Anita, a comic book character in the works of Italian artist Guido Crepax
 * Anita, a character in the musical West Side Story
 * Anita Bircham, a character from Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland portrayed by Sonya Maddox
 * Anita, a recurring character in the British sit-com dinnerladies (TV series)
 * Anita "Needy" Lesnicki, a character in the black comedy horror film Jennifer's Body
 * Anita, a girlfriend character in Need for Speed
 * Anita Radcliffe, character in Disney's animated film 101 Dalmatians
 * Anita, a character in the anime Hunter × Hunter episode 11
 * Anita Robb, a character in the film Friday the 13th: A New Beginning played by Jere Fields
 * Anita is the middle name of American Dad! character Steve Smith
 * Anita Sánchez is the antiheroine protagonist of Rebecca Schaeffer's novel series Market of Monsters