Given name & surname
Enis
“from the market town”·“from the island; the only choice”
Enis is a variant of Ennis. Interpretations include “from the market town” (Irish) and “from the island; the only choice”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Enis is a variant of Ennis. Interpretations include “from the market town” (Irish) and “from the island; the only choice”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Enis is a variant of Ennis. An origin associated with Ennis is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Enis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 567
- 274 boys · 293 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 28 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 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 734 as a first name in 2020; 692 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Enis
- Enis BardhiMacedonian association football playerborn 1995
- Ennis EsmerTurkish-Canadian actor and comedian (born 1978)
- Enis AlushiGerman footballerborn 1985
- Enis GavazajKosovan-Albanian footballerborn 1995
- Enis DestanTurkish association football player (born 2002)
- Enis BerberoğluTurkish journalist (born 1956)
- Enis HajriGerman association football playerborn 1983
- Enis BaturTurkish poet and writer (born 1952)
- Enis BešlagićBosnian actor (born 1975)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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