Anahit (name)
# 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 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

(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
* 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
