Given name
Anelle
“a messenger of heaven; an angel”
Anelle is a variant of Anela. One Hawaiian interpretation is “a messenger of heaven; an angel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anelle is a variant of Anela. One Hawaiian interpretation is “a messenger of heaven; an angel.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Anelle is a variant of Anela. An origin associated with Anela is Hawaiian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anelle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 174
- 0 boys · 174 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −57%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 299 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 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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