| [ syll. a-nu, an-u ] The girl name Anu is pronounced as AANUW KEY. Anu is used chiefly in Estonian and Finnish, and its origin is Hebrew. Anu is a variant of the name Anna (Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic). Anu is not widely used as a baby name for girls. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. In 2007, among the group of girl names directly related to Anu, Anna (Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic) was the most popular. Baby names that sound like Anu include Aine (Irish), Aman (Arabic), Ami (English), Amie (English), Ammie (English), Amye (English), Ana (Portuguese and Spanish), Anais (French), Anaïs (French), Anna (Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Annah (English), Annie (English), Anny (Polish), Ayanna (English), Iman (Arabic), Ona (Lithuanian), Aamina (Arabic), Ainhoa (Basque and Spanish), Aiyana (English), Allonia (English), Amaia (Basque and Spanish), Amani (Arabic), Amaya (Basque), Ameena (Arabic), Amiee (English), Amina (Arabic), Aminah (Arabic), Amya (English), Anahi (Spanish), Ane (Scandinavian), Anina (Czech and Italian), Aniya (English), Aniyah (English), Ann (English), Anne (English, French, and German), Anniina (Finnish), Annina (German), Aune (Finnish), Imani (English), Ioana (Romanian and Slavic), Iona (English and Scottish), Unn (Scandinavian), Henoheno (Hawaiian), and Ioanna (Greek). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Anu: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)"
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