Message: "Anita" - Behind the Name

Anita

by Caroline (CarolineCarolina)

1/29/2015, 12:56 PM

There's a girl in one of my classes this semester named Anita. It got me thinking, it's kind of a cool name. Anita. WDYT?

There's also a Celia and a Helena in the class, which makes me happy.

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- Tiggs

1/30/2015, 10:41 AM

I personally prefer Anne and Anna but Anita is pleasant. Association-wise, the character from Disney's '101 Dalmations' is what immediately came to mind.

- Elena

1/30/2015, 10:27 AM

I had a childhood friend named Anita. It's nice enough, but I just don't care how many Americans pronounce it (with the d sound instead of the t sound).

Ooh, I love Celia and Helena! I've only known one person named Helena and I'd love to see that on a young person. Celia is a name I could picture myself using.

- Indy (Likeyeahwhatev)

1/29/2015, 6:15 PM

I think it's cool. It's pretty and versatile.

- Astrid (Astrid1992)

1/29/2015, 6:00 PM

I really like this name. In fact it was one of the names my parents were considering for me. To me it sounds spicy and feminine.

- Alda

1/29/2015, 5:00 PM

I like it, although I would use Anne on its own or in other forms before Anita. It would be fun to meet one!

- RoxStar +5

1/29/2015, 4:06 PM

Celia is glum and Helena is witchy, but Anita is really kind of cute. You do have to be very careful with last names, so you don't wind up Anita Mann, Anita Carr or Anita Walker. lol

- jenngrg +4

1/30/2015, 6:13 AM

I know of a worse one - when I was a kid there was a woman who lived on my street named Anita Cox.. she should've stuck with her maiden name.

- Elena +3

1/30/2015, 10:30 AM

Ouch!

At the very least, she should have hyphenated the surnames!

BTW, there are similar surnames in my area: Babcock, Badcock and Aycock. I keep wishing some of them would get married so I could chuckle over the Sunday paper. ;-)

- jenngrg +2

1/30/2015, 10:46 AM

Badcock? Oh that's unfortunate! There are SO many similar surnames in my area - I know people with the surnames Haycock, Alcock AND Hiscock!

- Elena

1/30/2015, 2:09 PM

LOL, I've heard of Alcock before which is bad enough but have never heard of Hiscock. So many naming possibilities ...

- queenv (guest)

1/30/2015, 1:43 PM

My sister's second husband's last name was Hitchcock. It was her last name while she was married to him, which was only a matter of three years. I never thought much of it. There was Alfred Hitchcock, after all.

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