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Ananias - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ananias

[ syll. a-na-nias, an-ani-as ] The boy name Ananias is pronounced AENAANiyahZ KEY. Ananias is of Hebrew origin and it is predominantly used in the English language. The name means 'God was gracious'. Chananya (Hebrew) is an old form of Ananias. A form of Ananias is Annas (English).

Ananias is a rare baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Ananias include Ioannis (Greek), Aeneas (English), Amasa (Hebrew), Amazu (Igbo), Amichai (Hebrew), Anicho (German), Anoki, Iñaki (Basque and Spanish), Ioannes (Greek), Ohanko, Aengus (Irish), Ahmik, Amyas (English), Anang (Twi), Anas (Arabic), Anchjo (Esperanto), Anees (Arabic), Angie (Scottish), Angus (English, Irish, and Scottish), and Anis (Arabic).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Ananias: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"


 
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