Given name

Anitia

“a woman graced with God's favor”

Anitia is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Anitia is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Anitia through the years

Babies since 1880
6
0 boys · 6 girls
Most popular year
1960
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01231960198020002025Highest share 19600.0
Anitia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1960–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Anitia’s family of names

Anitia has a related form in Anna.

Walk Anitia’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Anitia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Literary

Alesia

“noble” · “kind”

27RareEasing

>99% girls

 

Angelia

“messenger” · “a heavenly messenger; an angel”

26RareCooling

>99% girls

 

Adelita

“of the nobility; serene; of good humor”

26RareRising

>99% girls

Virtue

Annamaria

“filled with bitter grace”

26RareEasing

>99% girls

Literary

Audria

“noble” · “strength”

17Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Spanish

Anita

“a woman graced with God's favor”

45UncommonSteady

>99% girls

Hebrew

Tamera

“date palm”

21RareCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Anitia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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