Given name & surname · also Arabic
Anar
Anar is a masculine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Classical Persian. It is used in Turkish and Azerbaijani.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Anar comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Classical Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Arabic أَنَارَ, from Classical Persian انار (anār).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 59
- 59 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 12 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 boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 421 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.
Anar’s family of names
In Bengali usage, Anar is a Roman-alphabet rendering of আনার. Anar is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Анар.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anar
- Anar RzayevAzerbaijani writer (born 1938)
- Anar KarimovAzerbaijani politicianborn 1977
- Anar MammadliAzerbaijani activistborn 1978
- Anar AlakbarovAzerbaijani statespersonborn 1977
- Anar Salmanovfootballerborn 1980
- Anar ZeinalovEstonian wrestler (born 1985)
- Anar MammadkhanovMember of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, social activist and the captain of Parni iz Baku KVN team (1970-2011)
- Anar AliyevMinister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of Azerbaijan (since 2025)born 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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