Given name
Anina
“a woman graced with God's favor”
Anina is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anina is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 646
- 0 boys · 646 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,409 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,409 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 625 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: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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