Given name
Ananiah
“cloud of Yah”·“Yah has covered”
Ananiah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewענניה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Ananiah means “cloud of Yah” or “Yah has covered.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Ananiah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew noun 'anan (ענן), “cloud.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ananiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 180
- 0 boys · 180 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,330 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −43%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,330 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 2014.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ananiah’s family of names
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
If you love Ananiah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Jaazaniah
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20% boys · 80% girls
Adaiah
“Yahweh has adorned” · “ornament of the Lord”
16% boys · 84% girls
Azaliah
“Yah has set aside” · “Yah has reserved”
>99% girls
Neariah
“child of Yah”
>99% girls
Asherah
“progression” · “happiness”
>99% girls
Vaniah
“but perhaps weak or Yah is praise”
>99% girls
Ahira
“brother of evil” · “brother is friend”
>99% girls
Ammi
“my people”
>99% girls