Anahita - Meaning of Anahita

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[ 4 syll. a-na-hi-ta, an-ah-ita ] The baby girl name Anahita is pronounced as AA-Naa-HHIY-Taa- †. Anahita's language of origin is Old Persian and it is predominantly used in the German language. The name is of the meaning 'immaculate, chaste'. It is derived from a meaning 'not' ; ahit 'unclean'. Anahita was the Persian goddess of water and fertility; she was known as the 'Immaculate One' and also as the personification of the planet Venus.

Forms of Anahita include the Armenian Anahid, the name Anahyt, the name Anahyta, and the Greek Anaitis.

Other variants of Anahita include the English and Spanish short form Anahi and the short form Anahit.

See also the related categories, persian, fertility, water (sea), immaculate (pure), goddess, german, and personification.

Anahita is a rarely used baby name for girls. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. In 2018, among the group of girl names directly linked to Anahita, Anahi was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Anahita include Amadahee, Amadahey, Amadahi, Amadahie, Amadahy, Amadahye, Amadea, Aminata, Anandita, Anindita, Aniweta, Anumatey, Anumatye, Awenita, Induja, Utendi, Anumati, Amada, Amanda, and Amata.

† English pronunciation for Anahita: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"