First names in Hebrew
First name Anita: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling
חנה
Gematria value: 63
Its spelling
In Hebrew, Anita is written חנה
For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.
Meaning and origin
What does Anita mean?
Meaning: pet form of Ana, Hannah, "grace"
Origin: Hebrew
Anita is a Spanish pet form: the little Ana, Anne. And Anne comes from the Hebrew Hannah, “grace”, from the same family as chen, charm, favor. It was a popular name in America from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Gematria
Anita = 63
In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. חנה has 3 letters:
- חthe letter Chet8
- נthe letter Nun50
- הthe letter He5
- Total63
Written אניטה (as it sounds in English), Anita is worth 75.
The verse of the name
From the letter Chet to the letter He
An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Anita, from ח to ה:
חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר עַל־פִּי דַרְכּוֹ גַּם כִּי־יַזְקִין לֹא־יָסוּר מִמֶּנָּה׃
“Train a child according to his own way; even when he grows old, he will not turn from it.”
Proverbs 22:6
The book of your first name
Anita, in nine pages
- Anita, in Hebrew
- Letter by letter
- The number of your name
- The verse of your name
- The portrait of Anita
- Anita, day to day
- What tradition says about names
- The sources
Frequently asked
Anita in three answers
How do you write Anita in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Anita is written חנה. Anita is a Spanish pet form of Ana, Anne, from Hannah, חנה in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written אניטה.
What is the gematria value of Anita?
Written חנה, Anita is worth 63: the letter Chet (8) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter He (5). Written אניטה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 75.
What does Anita mean?
Pet form of Ana, Hannah, "grace (origin: Hebrew). Anita is a Spanish pet form: the little Ana, Anne. And Anne comes from the Hebrew Hannah, “grace”, from the same family as chen, charm, favor. It was a popular name in America from the 1930s to the 1960s.
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