Anitta is the Portuguese diminutive form of Ana — from the Hebrew Channah ("grace"). Anitta (born Larissa de Macedo Machado, 1993) — *Brazilian pop singer; in 2022, became the first Brazilian artist to top the Spotify Global chart with Envolver — a song that became the most-streamed Spanish-language song in Spotify history (briefly). First Brazilian solo artist to perform at the Coachella main stage (2022). First Brazilian artist to win an MTV Video Music Award (Best Latin in 2022) and to be nominated for a Grammy in the all-genre Best New Artist category (2022). Over 30 million Instagram followers — among the most-followed Latin American artists of any kind. Founded Anitta Records (2021), signed to Warner Music Brazil. "Show das Poderosas" (2013), "Bang" (2015), "Envolver" (2022), "Funk Generation" album (2024). The name choice was inspired by the Brazilian telenovela character Anita in Presença de Anita (2001)*.
Featured throughout 2010s-2020s Brazilian and global Latin pop.
Anitta does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Anitta reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.