The name Anita is a very common female given name. The pronunciation of the name is [ uh-nee-tuh ]. In Spanish, the name is a version of Ana, the Spanish version of Anne. In Sanskrit, Anita means "full of grace". This is not a common name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021). In 1977, a Hurricane Anita hit northeastern Mexico.