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Anchor - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Anchor

[ 2 syll. an-(c)hor, anc-h-or ] The boy name Anchor is pronounced as AENGKer KEY. Anchor is primarily used in the English language and its language of origin is also English. The name is of the meaning point of security.

Anchor is an infrequently used baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Anchor include the Indian name Ankur and the German and Scandinavian name Ansgar.

KEY: Pronunciation for Anchor: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; NG as in "ping (P.IH.NG)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"


 
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Meaning of Anchor