Given name & surname
Anis
“one who is pure; chaste”
Anis is a variant of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anis is a variant of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Anis is a variant of Agnes. An origin associated with Agnes is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Anis is a diminutive of Anisijus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 426
- 356 boys · 70 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #8,962 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,962 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,422 as a first name in 2020; 771 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.
Anis’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Anis is a diminutive of Anisijus. Anis has a related form in Agnes. In Indonesian usage, Anis has a related form in ANIES.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anis has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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.
People named Anis
- BushidoGerman rapperborn 1978
- Anis Ben SlimaneTunisian and Danish association football playerborn 2001
- Anice BadriTunisian and French association football playerborn 1990
- Anis BoussaïdiTunisian association football playerborn 1981
- Anis AyariTunisian association football playerborn 1982
- Anis LounifiTunisian judokaborn 1978
- Anis MansourEgyptian writer (1924–2011)
- Anis MehmetiAlbanian-English footballerborn 2001
- Youssef Anis Abi-AadMaronite Archbishop of Aleppo (1940–2017)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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