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Ani - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ani

[ syll. a-ni, an-i ] The girl name Ani is pronounced AANiy KEY. Ani is of Hawaiian and Italian origin, and it is used largely in the Tamil, English, and Hawaiian languages. From Hawaiian and Italian roots, its meaning is 'beautiful' - in this context, Ani is usually used in the Tamil language.

Ani is a variant of Kanani (Hawaiian).

Ani is also a variant of Annabella (English, German, and Italian) in the English language.

Ani is infrequently used as a baby name for girls. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the group of girl names directly linked to Ani, Annabella (English, German, and Italian) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Ani include Agni (Greek), Aine (Irish), Ama (Akan and Polish), Aman (Arabic), Ami (English), Amie (English), Amineh (Arabic), Amma (Fante, Twi, and German), Ammie (English), Amye (English), Ana (English, Hawaiian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Anais (French), Anaïs (French), Anan (Akan), Anie (English), Anine (French), Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French), Annah (English), Annie (English), and Annine (German).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Ani: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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