Anahit (name)

Anahit (Persian: آناهید, in Armenian Անահիտ) (in Western Armenian transliteration and pronunciation Anahid) is goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Iranian^[1] 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,^[2] and may refer to:

Anahid

(in Western Armenian given names)

• 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

(in Eastern Armenian given names)

• Anahit Bakhshyan (born 1947), Armenian politician and MP
• 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

1. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".
2. Ekmekdjian, M. (1992). Les prénoms arméniens. Collection Arménies (in French). Editions Parenthèses. p. 14. ISBN 978-2-86364-068-5. Retrieved 13 October 2018.