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, Iran, South Asia, and North America. Anita is a short form of the ancient Persian name Anahita. It is also a Spanish form of the name Anna.
People
Given name
- Anita Aarons, Australian artist
- Anita W. Addison, American television and film director and producer
- Anita Agnihotri, Indian Bengali poet and writer
- Anita Natacha Akide, Nigerian media personality, entrepreneur and actress
- Anita Allen (disambiguation), multiple people
- Anita Alpern, American Internal Revenue Service official
- Anita Altman, American entrepreneur and city planner
- Anita Alvarado, Chilean prostitute, businesswoman and reality TV personality
- Anita Alvarez, American government official, State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois
- Anita Alvarez (synchronized swimmer), American,
- Anita Álvarez de Williams, American anthropologist, photographer, and historian
- Anita Amankwa, Ghanaian footballer
- Anita Amenuku, Ghanaian footballer
- Anita Among, Ugandan accountant, lawyer and politician
- Anita Anand, Canadian lawyer and current Member of Parliament currently serving as Minister of National Defence
- Anita Anand (journalist), British radio presenter and journalist
- Anita Andersson, Swedish swimmer
- Anita Andreassen, Norwegian mushing competitor
- Anita Andreis, Croatian film composer
- Anita Antoinette, American singer
- Anita Apelthun Sæle, Norwegian politician
- Anita Arya, Indian politician
- Anita Asante, British footballer
- Anita Asiimwe, Rwandan politician
- Anita Auglend, Norwegian singer
- Anita Augspurg, German lawyer, actor, writer, and feminist
- Anita Avramides, British philosopher
- Anita Awosusi, German Sinti writer and civil rights activist
- Anita Ayoob, Pakistani actress
- Anita B. Brody, American judge
- Anita Bahn, American epidemiologist, biostatistician and cancer researcher
- Anita Baker (New Zealand politician), Mayor of Porirua
- Anita Baker, American R&B and soul singer and songwriter
- Anita Baranting, Malaysian politician
- Anita Barbee, American psychologist
- Anita Barone, American actress
- Anita Bärwirth, German gymnast
- Anita Basnet, Nepalese footballer
- Anita Bathe, Canadian television journalist
- Anita Bay Bundegaard, Danish politician
- Anita Berber, German dancer, actress, and writer
- Anita Bergman, member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada
- Anita Bernstein, American legal scholar
- Anita Berrizbeitia, Venezuelan-born American landscape theorist, teacher, and writer
- Anita Beryl, Ugandan fashion designer
- Anita Best, Canadian teacher, broadcaster, and singer
- Anita Bhadel, Indian politician
- Anita Bhandari, Indian surgeon
- Anita Bhardwaj, Indian high-altitude rescue doctor
- Anita Bitri-Prapaniku, Albanian pop singer and violinist
- Anita Björk, Swedish actress
- Anita Blair (disambiguation), multiple people
- Anita Blanch, Spanish-born Mexican actress
- Anita Blay, British-Ghanaian singer-songwriter
- Anita Blaze, French fencer
- Anita Błochowiak, Polish politician
- Anita Bobasso, Argentine actress and singer
- Anita Maris Boggs, American economist and film distributor
- Anita Bonds, American politician
- Anita Borg, American computer scientist
- Anita Bose Pfaff, Austrian economics professor, daughter of Indian politician Subhas Chandra Bose
- Anita Botnen, Canadian gymnast
- Anita Bowser, American politician
- Anita Boyer, American Big Band singer and songwriter
- Anita Brägger, Swiss middle-distance runner
- Anita Brandt-Burgoyne, American film editor
- Anita Decker Breckenridge, American government official
- Anita Brenner, Mexican-born writer of children's literature and books on Mexican art and history
- Anita Briem, Icelandic actress
- Anita Brodén, Swedish Liberal People's Party politician
- Anita Brookner, British novelist and art historian
- Anita Patti Brown, American singer
- Anita Bryant, American singer and anti-gay activist
- Anita Bulath, Hungarian handballer
- Anita Buma, Dutch Antarctic researcher
- Anita Burdman Feferman, American historian of mathematics and biographer
- Anita Buri, Swiss beauty pageant winner, crowned Miss Switzerland 1999
- Anita Burroughs, American politician
- Anita Bush, American stage actress and playwright
- Anita M. Cal, American film editor
- Anita Calvert Lebourgeoise, American attorney, judge, genealogist, biographer, and feminist
- Anita Caprioli, Italian theater and film actress
- Anita Carey, British actress
- Anita Carleton, American software engineer
- Ana Carrillo Domínguez, known as Anita Carrillo, communist activist and a captain in the Spanish Republican Army
- Anita Carter, American country and folk singer
- Anita Caspary, American nun, founder of Immaculate Heart of Mary Community
- Anita Cerquetti, Italian dramatic soprano
- Anita Chapman, British Paralympic archer
- Anita Chernewski, American photographer
- Anita Cherry, American coal miner
- Anita Christensen, Danish professional boxer
- Anita Chui, Hong Kong actress
- Anita Cifra, Hungarian handballer
- Anita H. Clayton, American researcher
- Anita Cobby, Australian nurse and beauty pageant winner
- Anita Cochran, American astronomer
- Anita Cochran, American country singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Anita Colby, American actress and model
- Anita Scott Coleman, American writer
- Anita Coleman, American librarian and researcher
- Anita Conti, French explorer, photographer and oceanographer
- Anita Corbett, American biochemist and academic
- Anita Corbin, British photographer
- Anita Cornwell, American gay rights advocate
- Anita Daher, Canadian writer of juvenile and teen books
- Anita Daniel, Romanian-born German-American author and journalist
- Anita Darian, American singer and actress
- Anita Das, Indian film and television actress
- Anita Date-Kelkar, Indian actress
- Anita De Bauch, British model
- Anita de Braganza, American socialite and heiress
- Anita DeFrantz, American Olympic rower
- Anita De Sosoo, Ghanaian politician
- Anita de St. Quentin, French figure skater
- Anita Delgado, Spanish flamenco dancer and singer
- Anita Desai, Indian novelist and academic
- Anita Devgan, Indian actress
- Anita Devi, Indian politician
- Anita Devi, Indian sports shooter
- Anita Devi Sah, Nepalese politician and professor
- Anita Diamant, American writer
- Anita Dobson, British television actress
- Anita Dobelli Zampetti, Italian writer, teacher and activist
- Anita Doherty, Bahamian athlete and philanthropist
- Anita Dolly Panek, Brazilian biochemist
- Anita Dongre, Indian fashion designer
- Anita Doreen Diggs, American editor, novelist, and lecturer
- Anita Doron, Canadian film director and writer
- Anita Dorris, German actress
- Anita Doth, Dutch singer
- Anita Douthat, American photographer
- Anita Dow, Australian politician
- Anita Dube, Indian artist
- Anita Dunn, American political consultant
- Anita Durante, Italian actress
- Anita Earls, American judge
- Anita Ekberg, Swedish model and actress
- Anita Ekström, Swedish actress
- Anita Elberse, American academic
- Anita Ellis, Canadian-born American singer and actress
- Anita Elson, American dancer and singer
- Anita M. Elvidge, American artist and First Lady of Guam
- Anita Endrezze, American writer and painter
- Anita Erskine, Ghanaian TV and radio presenter
- Anita Fabiola, Ugandan actress and businesswoman
- Anita Farra, Italian stage and film actress
- Anita Fatis, French Paralympic swimmer
- Anita Felguth, German table tennis player
- Anita Fernandini de Naranjo, Peruvian politician
- Anita Fetz, Swiss politician and entrepreneur
- Anita Fields, American ceramic and textile artist
- Anita Figueredo, Costa Rican-American surgeon and philanthropist
- Anita Finlay, American actress
- Anita Ford, Canadian curler and coach
- Anita Fordjour, Ghanaian wheelchair racer
- Anita Foss, American baseball player
- Anita Frew, Scottish businesswoman
- Anita Friedman, executive director of JFCS
- Anita Friedt, American diplomat
- Anita Gaće, Croatian handballer
- Anita Gale, Baroness Gale, British politician
- Anita Galić, Croatian freestyle swimmer
- Anita Ganeri, British writer, the Horrible Geography series
- Anita Gara, Hungarian chess grand master
- Anita Garanča, Latvian singer and music teacher, mother of the famous operatic mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča
- Anita Garbín, Spanish anarchist militawoman
- Anita Gargas, Polish investigative journalist and presenter
- Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian-born revolutionary, wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Anita Garvin, American actress and comedian
- Anita Kiki Gbeho, Ghanaian United Nations official
- Anita Gershman, American film producer
- Anita Ghai, Indian academic
- Anita Ghulam Ali, Pakistani educator and newscaster
- Anita Gillette, American actress
- Anita Glesta, American artist
- Anita Goel, American physicist and physician
- Anita Gonzalez, American writer, director and educator
- Anita Görbicz, Hungarian handball player
- Anita Gordon, American singer
- Anita Gradin, Swedish politician and ambassador
- Anita Graham, British actress
- Anita Gregory, British psychologist
- Anita Greve, Norwegian painter
- Anita Groener, Dutch painter
- Anita Grūbe, Latvian actress
- Anita Grunder, American geologist
- Anita Guerreau-Jalabert, French historian and researcher
- Anita Guerreiro, Portuguese fado singer and actress
- Anita Guha, Indian film actress
- Anita Gulli, Italian alpine skier
- Anita Gupta, Indian social entrepreneur and activist
- Anita Singh Gurjar, Indian politician
- Anita Gustafson, American historian and academic administrator
- Anita Gutwell, Austrian film actress
- Anita Håkenstad, Norwegian long-distance runner
- Anita Hagen, Canadian politician
- Anita Hall, American politician
- Anita Halpin, British politician
- Anita Hansbo, Swedish mathematician and academic administrator
- Anita Hansemann, Swiss social worker and writer
- Anita Harding, British neurologist
- Anita Harris, British actress and singer
- Anita G. Harris, American geologist
- Anita Hartig, Romanian operatic soprano
- Anita Hassanandani, Indian actress
- Anita Haynes, Trinidad and Tobago politician
- Anita Hegerland, Norwegian singer
- Anita Hegh, Australian actor
- Anita Heiss, Indigenous Australian writer
- Anita Hellström, Swedish swimmer
- Anita Florence Hemmings, first black student to attend Vassar College
- Anita Hendrie, American actress
- Anita Heringes, Hungarian politician
- Anita Herr, Hungarian handball player
- Anita Hill (disambiguation), multiple people
- Aníta Hinriksdóttir, Icelandic middle-distance runner
- Anita Ho-Baillie, Australian scientist
- Anita Höfer, German actress
- Anita Hoffman, American activist and writer, wife of radical Abbie Hoffman
- Anita Hoffmann, Mexican parasitologist and acarologist
- Anita Holdcroft, British anaesthetist and pain researcher
- Anita Hopper, American molecular geneticist
- Anita Horvat, Slovenian sprinter
- Anita Howard, American sprinter
- Anita Huffington, American sculptor
- Anita Hugi, Swiss author, producer, journalist, editor, filmmaker and festival director
- Anita Inder Singh, Indian international affairs analyst
- Anita Irarrázabal, Chilean alpine skier
- Anita Irfan, Pakistani politician
- Anita Isaacs, Canadian political scientist
- Anita Iseghohi, Nigerian businesswoman
- Anita Jacoby, Australian film and television producer
- Anita Jatav, Indian politician
- Anita Jeram, English author and illustrator
- Anita Jokiel, Polish gymnast
- Anita Jönsson, Swedish Social Democratic politician
- Anita Johansson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Anita K. Jones, American computer scientist and former government official
- Anita Jordán, Argentine film and stage actress
- Anita Jose, Indian-born educator and business strategist
- Anita Josey-Herring, American judge
- Anita Judd-Jenkins, American politician
- Anita Kalinde, Malawian politician
- Anita Kanter, American tennis player ranked in World top 10
- Anita Kanwal, Indian television actress and producer
- Anita Kanwar, Indian film and television actor
- Anita Karim, Pakistani mixed martial arts fighter
- Anita Karlsson, Swedish sports shooter
- Anita Kaul, Indian politician
- Anita Raj Kaur, Malaysian badminton player
- Anita Kazai, Hungarian handballer
- Anita Kažemāka, Latvian long-distance runner
- Anita Kelsey, British singer and songwriter
- Anita Rita Kenyó, Hungarian cyclist
- Anita Kerr, American singer, composer, arranger and producer
- Anita Khemka, Indian photographer
- Anita Killi, Norwegian animator and film director
- Anita King, American racecar driver, actress, and thoroughbred racehorse owner
- Anita Király, Hungarian judoka
- Anita Klapote, Latvian long-distance runner
- Anita Klein, Australian-born British painter and print-maker
- Anita Klemensen, Danish chef
- Anita Kobuß, East German canoeist
- Anita Kossen, Dutch softball player
- Anita Kravos, Italian actress
- Anita Krohn Traaseth, Norwegian business executive and author
- Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handballer
- Anita Kulik, American politician
- Anita Kuma, Ghanaian media personality
- Anita Kumari Yadav, Nepalese politician
- Anita Kuhlke, German rower
- Anita Kunz, Canadian-born artist and illustrator
- Anita Kurmann, Swiss endocrinologist and thyroid surgeon
- Anita Kwiatkowska, Polish volleyball player
- Anita Lallande, Puerto Rican Olympic swimmer
- Anita Lane, Australian singer and songwriter
- Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, German-born cellist and Holocaust survivor
- Anita Layton, American applied mathematician
- Anita Lee, Hong Kong singer
- Anita Leocádia Prestes, Brazilian historian
- Anita Lerche, Danish singer, songwriter, and composer
- Anita Lerman, American politician
- Anita Leslie, Irish biographer
- Anita Lett, Irish activist
- Anita Liepiņa, Latvian race walker and long distance runner
- Anita van Lier, Dutch cricketer
- Anita Lihme, American golfer and businesswoman
- Anita Linda, Filipino film actor
- Anita Lindblom, Swedish actress and singer
- Anita Lindman, Swedish television announcer and producer
- Anita Lipnicka, Polish singer and songwriter
- Anita Lizana, Chilean tennis player
- Anita Lo, American chef and restaurateur
- Anita Lobel, Polish-American children’s illustrator
- Anita Lochner, German film and television actress
- Anita Lonsbrough, British swimmer
- Anita Loos, American screenwriter and playwright
- Anita L. Lopez, American NOAA official
- Anita Louise, American film actress
- Anita Louise Combe, Australian actress, singer, and dancer
- Anita Louise Suazo, Native-American potter
- Anita Lyons Bond, American civil rights activist
- Anita Mackey, American social worker
- Anita Madden, American sportswoman
- Anita Madsen, Danish figure skater
- Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Filipina painter
- Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Indian-American biomedical engineer
- Anita Mahfood, Jamaican musical artist
- Anita Majumdar, Canadian actress and playwright
- Anita Malfatti, Brazilian artist
- Anita Mančić, Serbian actress
- Anita Mann, American choreographer, dancer and actress
- Anita Manning, Scottish antiques expert and television personality
- Anita Marcos, Spanish footballer
- Anita Marks, American football player and radio personality
- Anita Marshall, American geologist
- Anita Martínez, Argentine actress, comedian, dancer and television host
- Anita Martinez, American politician
- Anita Martini, American journalist
- Anita Márton, Hungarian shot putter
- Anita Mason, British writer
- Anita Mavi, Indian kabaddi player
- Anita McBride, American academic and former government official
- Anita McConnell, British scientist
- Anita McCormick Blaine, American philanthropist and political activist
- Anita McNaught, British-born New Zealand journalist and television presenter
- Anita Mehta, Indian physicist
- Anita Meiland, Dutch rower
- Anita Meyer, Dutch singer
- Anita Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
- Anita Moen, Norwegian cross-country skier
- Anita Monro, Australian academic, theologian and minister
- Anita Moorjani, British writer
- Anita Mormand, French sprinter
- Anita Morris, American actress
- Anita Mugeni, Rwandan judge
- Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress
- Anita Muižniece, Latvian politician
- Anita Mulenga, Zambian footballer
- Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan, member of the Lok Sabha
- Anita Nair, Indian-born writer
- Anita Nall, American Olympic swimmer
- Anita Neil, British sprinter
- Anita Nemtin, Hungarian equestrian
- Anita Nergaard, Norwegian diplomat
- Anita Neville, Canadian politician
- Anita Newcomb McGee, American physician
- Anita Nivala, Canadian international lawn bowler
- Anita North, British sport shooter
- Anita Notaro, Irish TV producer, director, journalist and writer
- Anita Novinsky, Brazilian historian
- Anita Nüßner, German sprint canoeist
- Anita Nyberg, Swedish academic
- Anita Nyman, Finnish cross-country skier
- Anita O'Day, American jazz singer
- Anita Ontiveros, Argentinian television producer
- Anita Orlund, Norwegian Labour Party politician
- Anita Ortega, Puerto Rican basketball player
- Anita Osikweme Osikhena, Nigerian actress, singer and model
- Anita Østby, Norwegian Liberal Party politician
- Anita Östlund, Swedish figure skater
- Anita Otto, German discus thrower
- Anita Owen, American songwriter
- Anita Pádár, Hungarian footballer
- Anita Padilla, American television journalist
- Anita Page, American film actress
- Anita Paillamil, Mapuche textile artist
- Anita Palermo Kelly, American politician
- Anita Pallenberg, Italian-born actress, model, and fashion designer
- Annita Pania, Greek television hostess
- Anita Parkhurst Willcox, American artist, feminist, and pacifist
- Anita Peabody, American racehorse
- Anita Pendo, Rwandan journalist
- Anita Perez Ferguson, American speaker, consultant, and writer
- Anita Perras, Canadian country singer
- Anita Thigpen Perry, American healthcare advocate and First Lady of Texas
- Anita Pichler, Italian author and translator
- Anita Phillips, Australian politician
- Anita Pijpelink, Dutch politician
- Anita Pinczi, Hungarian footballer
- Anita Pipan, Slovenian diplomat
- Anita Pistone, Italian runner
- Anita Pocrnić-Radošević, Croatian politician
- Anita Pointer, American R&B/soul singer and songwriter, member of The Pointer Sisters
- Anita Pollitzer, American photographer
- Anita Porchet, Swiss watch enameller
- Anita Potocskáné Kőrösi, Hungarian politician
- Anita Pratap, Indian writer and journalist
- Anita J. Prazmowska, British academic
- Anita Prime, New Zealand singer-songwriter
- Anita Protti, Swiss track and field athlete
- Anita Punt, New Zealand field hockey player
- Anita Rachlis, Canadian AIDS researcher
- Anita Rachvelishvili, Georgian operatic mezzo-sopran
- Anita Raj, Indian actress
- Anita Raj (academic), American psychologist
- Anita Raja, Italian translator and writer
- Anita Singh Rajput, Indian politician
- Anita Ramasastry, American academic
- Anita Ramos Camba, Filipino television director
- Anita Rani, British radio and television presenter and journalist
- Anita Rapp, Norwegian footballer
- Anita Ratnam, Indian dancer and choreographer
- Anita Rau Badami, Indian-born Canadian writer
- Anita Reddy, Indian social worker
- Anita Rée, German artist
- Anita Reeves, Irish actress
- Anita Renfroe, American comedian
- Anita Rivas, Ecuadorian politician
- Anita Rizzuti, Norwegian snooker player
- Anita Roberts, American molecular biologist
- Anita Rocha da Silveira, Brazilian film director and screenwriter
- Anita Roddick, British businesswoman, founder of The Body Shop
- Anita Rodriguez, American painter
- Anita Rollin, Sri Lankan snowboarder
- Anita Rosenberg, American director of eighties cult films
- Anita Rossing-Brown, Swedish diver
- Anita Rummelhoff, Norwegian actress
- Anita Apelthun Sæle, Norwegian politician
- Anita Sanders, Swedish actress and model
- Anita Sarawak, Singaporean-born singer
- Anita Sarkeesian, Canadian-American feminist
- Anita Sarko, American musician and journalist
- Anita Šauerová, Czech gymnast
- Anita Schäfer, German politician
- Anita Schätzle, German freestyle wrestler
- Anita Schöbel, German mathematician
- Anita Schjøll Brede, Norwegian entrepreneur
- Anita Schug, Rohingya refugee, doctor and humanitarian
- Anita Schwaller, Swiss snowboarder
- Anita Sengupta, American aerospace engineer
- Anita Serogina, Ukrainian karateka
- Anita Sethi, British journalist and writer
- Anita Shapira, Israeli historian
- Anita Sharma (dancer), Indian Sattriya dancer
- Anita Sharp-Bolster, Irish actress
- Anita Sheoran, Indian freestyle wrestler
- Anita Shrestha, Nepalese sports shooter
- Anita Shreve, American writer
- Anita Sidén, Swedish Moderate Party politician
- Anita Silsby, American taekwondo practitioner
- Anita Silvers, American philosopher
- Anita Silvey, American editor and literary critic
- Anita Simoncini, Sammarinese singer
- Anita Simonis, American gymnast
- Anita Singhvi, Indian classical singer
- Anita Sirgo, Spanish activist
- Anita Skorgan, Norwegian singer and songwriter
- Anita Sleeman, Canadian composer
- Anita Smits, Dutch archer
- Anita Snellman, Finnish painter
- Anita Sobočan, Slovenian volleyball player
- Anita Soina, Kenyan environmentalist
- Anita Sokołowska, Polish actress
- Anita Somani, American politician
- Anita Sood, Indian swimmer
- Anita Sowińska, Polish politician
- Anita Socola Specht, American composer and musician
- Anita Spinelli, Swiss artist, painter and drawer
- Anita Spring, Australian beach volleyball player
- Anita Stansfield, American writer
- Anita Staps, Dutch judoka
- Anita Steckel, American feminist artist
- Anita Stenberg, Norwegian cyclist
- Anita Stevenson, British table tennis player
- Anita Stewart, American actress and film producer
- Anita Stewart (culinary author), Canadian culinary writer and food activist
- Anita Straker, British mathematics educator
- Anita Strindberg, Italian actress
- Anita Stukāne, Latvian high jumper
- Anita Subhadarshini, member of the Lok Sabha
- Anita Summers, American educator
- Anita Superson, American professor of philosophy
- Anita Tack, German politician
- Anita Takura, Ghanaian academic
- Anita Mai Tan, Canadian jewelry designer
- Anita Tefkin, American pair skater
- Anita Thallaug, Norwegian actor and singer
- Anita Thapar, Welsh child psychiatrist
- Anita Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Anita Tijoux, French-born Chilean hip-hop musician
- Anita Tóth, Hungarian sport shooter
- Anita Tomulevski, Norwegian gymnast and athletics competitor
- Anita Traversi, Swiss singer
- Anita Trumpe, Latvian hurdler
- Anita Tsoy, Russian singer
- Anita Turner, British script editor and television producer
- Anita Turpeau Anderson, American pianist
- Anita Udeep, Indian film director
- Anita Ukah, Nigerian model
- Anita Ušacka, Latvian judge and academic
- Anita Utseth, Norwegian engineer and politician
- Anita Uwagbale, Nigerian beauty queen and model
- Anita Välkki, Finnish opera singer
- Anita Váczi, Hungarian para-canoeist
- Anita Valen, Norwegian cyclist
- Anita Valencia, American visual artist
- Anita Vandenbeld, Canadian politician
- Anita Weiß, German middle-distance runner
- Anita Włodarczyk, Polish hammer thrower
- Anita Wörner, German middle-distance runner
- Anita Waage, Norwegian footballer
- Anita Wachter, Austrian alpine skier
- Anita Wagner, Austrian singer
- Anita Wagner, Bosnian tennis player
- Anita Wall, Swedish actress
- Anita Ward, American singer
- Anita Wardell, British jazz musician and music educator
- Anita Wawatai, New Zealand field hockey player
- Anita Werner, Polish television journalist
- Anita Weschler, American artist
- Anita West, British actress and television presenter
- Anita Wetzel, American artist
- Anita Weyermann, Swiss middle-distance runner
- Anita Whitney, American political activist
- Anita Willets-Burnham, American painter
- Anita L. Wills, American author and historian
- Anita Wilson, American musical artist
- Anita Wilson (archivist), archivist for Tuvalu, Hong Kong and the British royal family
- Anita Wiredu-Minta, Ghanaian football manager and former footballer
- Anita Wood, American television performer
- Anita Woodley, American dramatist
- Anita Woolfolk Hoy, American psychologist
- Anita Wreford, New Zealand applied economist
- Anita Yadav, Indian politician
- Anita Yeckel, American politician
- Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress
- Anita Yusof, first Malaysian woman to motorcycle
- Anita Zabludowicz, British art collector and gallery owner
- Anita Zagaria, Italian actress
- Anita Zaidi, Pakistani physician
- Anita Zarnowiecki, Swedish swimmer
- Anita Žnidaršic, Slovenian cyclist
- Anita Zucker, American businesswoman, first female Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company
- Gurmayum Anita Devi, Indian mountaineer
- J. Anita Stup, American politician
- Jagat and Anita Nanjappa, Indian race-car drivers
- Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau, Dutch royal
Fictional 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, 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
- 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