Anahit (name)

Anahit (, in Armenian Ô±Õ¶Õ¡Õ°Õ«Õ¿) (in Western Armenian transliteration and pronunciation Anahid) is goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Iranian and Armenian mythology.

Anahita is a Persian goddess, known also by the spellings Anahit/Anahid.

Anahit and variant Anahid is a common given name for Iranian and Armenian females, and may refer to:

Anahid

<small>(in Western Armenian given names)</small>

• Anahid Ajemian (1924–2016), Armenian-American violinist
• Anahid Fayad (born 1983), Syrian-born Palestinian-Jordanian actress
• Anaid Iplicjian (born 1935), German-Armenian actress
• Anahid Nersessian, American writer and critic
• Anahide Ter Minassian (1929–2019), French-Armenian historian

Anahit

<small>(in Eastern Armenian given names)</small>

• Anahit Bakhshyan (born 1947), Armenian politician and MP
• Anahit or Ana Kasparian (born 1986), American political pundit
• Anahit Maschyan (1900–1989), Armenian theatre and film actress
• Anahit Nersesyan (born 1954), Armenian pianist
• Anahit Perikhanian (1928–2012), Armenian Iranologist
• Anahit Sahinyan (1917–2010), Armenian writer
• Anahit Tsitsikian (1926–1999), Armenian violinist
• Anahit Yulanda Varan (1917–2003), Turkish street performer of Armenian ethnicity

See also

• Anahita (given name)

References