Given name & surname
Annis
“one who is pure; chaste”
In Scottish and English use, Annis is a vernacular form of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Scottish and English use, Annis is a vernacular form of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Scottish and English use, Annis is a vernacular form of Agnes. An origin associated with Agnes is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Annis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,921
- 7 boys · 2,914 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 86 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 girls is 6 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 82 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,045 as a first name in 2020; 3,977 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.
Annis’s family of names
Annis has a related form in Agnes. In English usage, Annis has a conventional equivalent in the German form Agnes. Annis is a vernacular form of Agnes.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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