Given name & surname
Annas
“a woman graced with God's favor”
Annas is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Original GreekΑννας
Meaning & origin
What it means
Annas is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Annas is a biblical name from Greek.
From biblical name research
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb hanan (חנן), “to be gracious.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Annas appears in Luke 3:2, John 18:13, Acts 4:6 and 2 other passages.
- Luke 3:2
- John 18:13
- Acts 4:6
- Acts 4:2
- John 12:11
From biblical name research
Annas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 56
- 34 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 146 as a first name in 2020; 810 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.
Annas’s family of names
Annas has a related form in Anna. Annas has a related form in ANAS. In Gothic usage, Annas is a transliteration of 𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰𐍃.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 22
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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