Given name
Anisha
“a woman graced with God's favor”·“one who is pure; chaste”
Anisha is a form of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.” Anisha is a form of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anisha is a form of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.” Anisha is a form of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,546
- 0 boys · 4,546 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 144 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #4,560 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,560 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 40.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 144 in 2002. In 2025, California and Indiana and New York shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,240 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.
Anisha’s family of names
In English usage, Anisha has a diminutive in ANU. Anisha is a form of Anna. Anisha is a form of Agnes.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Anudiminutive · English
- Aniciavariant
- Anyshavariant
- Annishavariant
- Aneishavariant
- Anisshalikely variant
- Aneashavariant
- Aenieshavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anisha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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