# Anita vs Anya

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Anita
*name · IPA /əˈniːtə/ · frequency rank #12,363*
A female given name from Spanish.

### Anya
*name · frequency rank #28,117*
A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian, of modern usage.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anita-vs-anya