Anais: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced ah-nah-EES · 3 syllables

Anais means “grace (a form of Anne)”, from French and Hebrew.

From Ancient Greek (Anaitis), from Old Persian (a-n-h-i-t / anahita /).

How popular is Anais?

Anais was the #892 name in the US in 2025, given to 310 babies. It’s rising: up 51% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Anais in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Anais are older than 29; most are between 19 and 42. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Anais have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Anais means “grace (a form of Anne)”. It comes from French and Hebrew.

Anais is pronounced ah-nah-EES.

Anais was the #892 name in the US in 2025, given to 310 babies. It’s rising: up 51% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Anais are older than 29. Most are between 19 and 42.