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).
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Anita reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.