Given name & surname
Sanita
“one who is bold”
Sanita is a diminutive of Zane. One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who is bold.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sanita is a diminutive of Zane. One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who is bold.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Sanita is a diminutive of Zane. In Latvian usage, Sanita is a diminutive of Sane.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sanita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 248
- 0 boys · 248 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 463 as a first name in 2020; 172 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sanita’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Sanita is a diminutive of Zane. In Latvian usage, Sanita is a diminutive of Sane.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sanita
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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