Given name · also Ancient Greek
Anaïs
“innocent”
Anaïs is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Old Persian. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anaïs goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀναῗτις, meaning “innocent.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Anaïs comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Old Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Anaïs developed from Ana.
Anaïs’s family of names
Anaïs developed from Ana. In Catalan usage, Anaïs has a conventional equivalent in the German form Anna. In French usage, Anaïs has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Ana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anaïs has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
9 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anaïs
- Anaïs NinFrench-born American author (1903–1977)
- Anaïs DemoustierFrench actressborn 1987
- Anaïs Chevalier-BouchetFrench biathleteborn 1993
- Anaïs BescondFrench biathleteborn 1987
- Anaïs MitchellAmerican singer-songwriterborn 1981
- Arlo ParksBritish singerborn 2000
- Anaïs Barbeau-LavaletteCanadian actress, film director and screenwriterborn 1979
- Anaïs CaradeuxFrench freestyle skierborn 1990
- Anaïs BourgoinFrench athlete (born 1996)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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