Given name & surname
Ani
“one who is very beautiful”
Ani is used as a given name and a surname. One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is very beautiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is very beautiful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hawaiian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ani through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,188
- 5 boys · 3,183 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 127 babies
- 2025
- 56
- #2,961 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 56 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,961 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 9.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 122 in 2007. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (20). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,505 as a first name in 2020; 615 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ani’s family of names
In Māori usage, Ani has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ann. Ani has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Hana. Ani has a related form in Aneesa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ani has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hawaiian roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ani
- Ani SamsonyanArmenian politicianborn 1990
- Ani KhachikyanArmenian sprinterborn 1991
- Ani PachenTibetan freedom fighter and nun1933–2002
- Ani MijačikaCroatian tennis playerborn 1987
- Ani AmiraghyanArmenian tennis playerborn 1993
- Ani KavafianAmerican violinistborn 1948
- Ani IdrusIndonesian journalist (1918-1999)
- Ani SchnarchIsraeli-British violinistborn 1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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