Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Armenian.
The story
In mythological stories, Anahid is associated with the goddess of water and fertility.
Anahid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 82
- 0 boys · 82 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,149 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anahid’s family of names
In French usage, Anahid has a related form in Anaïs.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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