Anita

Etymology
From, diminutive of.

Usage notes
Adopted as a formal given name in many European countries in the 19th century due to the fame of Anita (born Ana Maria), the Brazilian born wife of the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician: Aniña
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: Anita

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  (usually Roman catholic)

Proper noun

 * 1)  of  origin

Usage notes
Matronymics
 * son of Anita: Anituson
 * daughter of Anita: Anitudóttir

Etymology
From, often through other languages, at the end of the 19th century.

Etymology
.

Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians at the end of the 19th century. From.

Etymology
From. First recorded in Norway in 1880.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From. First recorded in Sweden in 1864.

Usage notes

 * Popular from the 1930s to the 1950s.