'anahita' originates from Old Persian, specifically the word 'Anāhitā', where 'a-' meant 'not' and 'nahit' meant 'unclean', so the name means 'the immaculate one'.

'Anāhitā' was adopted into Middle Persian as 'Anāhīd', and eventually became the modern English word 'Anahita' through scholarly and historical references.

Initially, it meant 'the immaculate one', referring to purity, but over time it became the proper name of the goddess associated with water, fertility, and healing.