Given name
Anouk
“he (God) has favoured me (i.e. with a child)”
In Dutch use, Anouk is a diminutive of Anne. One Hebrew interpretation is “he (God) has favoured me (i.e. with a child).”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Dutch use, Anouk is a diminutive of Anne. One Hebrew interpretation is “he (God) has favoured me (i.e. with a child).”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Dutch use, Anouk is a diminutive of Anne. An origin associated with Anne is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Anouk is a diminutive of Anne.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anouk through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 382
- 0 boys · 382 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −51%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 472 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.
Anouk’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Anouk is a diminutive of Anne.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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.
People named Anouk
- AnoukDutch singerborn 1975
- Anouk VetterDutch athletics competitorborn 1993
- Anouk GrinbergFrench actressborn 1963
- Anouk HoogendijkDutch association football playerborn 1985
- Anouk DekkerDutch association football playerborn 1986
- Anouk Vergé-DépréSwiss volleyball playerborn 1992
- Anouk Leblanc-Bouchershort track speed skaterborn 1984
- Anouk FerjacFrench actressborn 1932
- Anouk Faivre-PiconFrench cross-country skierborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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