Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Finnish use, Anitta has a related form in Anita. An origin associated with Anita is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1939. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anitta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 110
- 0 boys · 110 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,507 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,507 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 306 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anitta’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Anitta has a related form in Anita. In Finnish usage, Anitta has a conventional equivalent in the German form Anita. In Portuguese usage, Anitta has a conventional equivalent in Anitë.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anitta has relatives in 4 languages.
2 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anitta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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