Anais - Meaning of Anais

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[ 3 syll. a-nai(s), an-a-is ] The baby girl name Anais is pronounced as aa-Naa-IY-Z †. Anais is mainly used in the French language, and it is of Persian and Hebrew origin. An original form of Anais is Anaitis (Persian). In Persian mythology, Anaitis is the goddess of love.

In addition, Anais is a variant form of Anna in the French language.

The names Anaise, Anaiss, Anaïse, Anays, Anayss, and Annais are variant forms of Anais.

Variant forms share the origin and meaning of the name Anais.

See also the related categories, persian, hebrew, goddess, and french.

Anais is a somewhat popular baby name for girls. The name has been growing in popularity since the 2010s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2018 with 0.017% of baby girls being given the name Anais. It ranked at #848 then. In 2018, among the group of girl names directly linked to Anais, Anna was the most regularly used. It was used 13 times more than Anais in that year.

Baby names that sound like Anais include Aamena, Aaminah, Aanisah, Aanisha, Aeniesha, Ahana, Ahanah, Ahanna, Ahannah, Ahiemsa, Ahimsa, Aianna, Ainhoah, Amachey, Amachi, Amachie, Amachy, Amachye, Amaha, and Amaiah.

† English pronunciation for Anais: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"

A famous person named Anais is Author Anais Nin, born 21 February 1903 - 1977, Neuilly, France.