Given name & surname
Annelie
Annelie is a feminine given name. It is used in German and Swedish.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Annelie isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Annelie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 280
- 0 boys · 280 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #8,923 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,923 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 32.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 481 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.
Annelie’s family of names
In German usage, Annelie is a diminutive of Anneliese. In German usage, Annelie has a related form in Anneli.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Annelie
- Annelie EhrhardtEast German hurdler (1950–2024)
- Annelie NilssonSwedish association football playerborn 1971
- Anneli WahlgrenSwedish association football playerborn 1971
- Annelie BotesSouth African writer (1957 - 2024)
- Annelie LotrietSouth African politicianborn 1960
- Annelie PompeSwedish adventurerborn 1981
- Annelie ThorndikeGerman film director and politician (1925–2012)
- Annelie GrundGerman musician, artist and painterborn 1953
- Annelie KarlssonSwedish politicianborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.