Anita is the Spanish-Italian diminutive of Ana — from the Hebrew *Hannah* (grace). **A top-100 US baby name from 1936 to 1968**. **Anita Hill (born 1956)** — American lawyer and professor whose **October 1991 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee about sexual harassment by Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas became a watershed moment for American workplace harassment law** — though Thomas was confirmed, the testimony catalyzed a 73% increase in EEOC harassment claims. **Anita Baker (born 1958)** — American singer; eight Grammy Awards; *Rapture* (1986) sold over 8 million copies. **Anita Desai (born 1937)** — Indian novelist; three-time Booker Prize finalist; mother of Booker winner Kiran Desai.
Subject of Freida Mock's *Anita: Speaking Truth to Power* (2013).
Anita reduces to seven — the number of grace.