Given name
Anea
“one who is very beautiful”
Anea is a variant of Ani. One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is very beautiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anea is a variant of Ani. One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is very beautiful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Anea is a variant of Ani. An origin associated with Ani is Hawaiian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96
- 0 boys · 96 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,028 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,028 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 156 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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