Anais

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Анаис in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and Anaïs in CH Switzerland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Anais is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Catalan given name6.5K records spelled Anais3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain

  Also written Anaís, Anaïs

• a separate given name3.5K records spelled Anais7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland

  Also written Anaïs, Anaís, Anäis, Anaĩs, Anai͏̈s

• Lao given name1.6K records spelled Anais21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Anaís, Annis, แอนนัส, Anaïs, A'Nais

• Albanian given name477 records spelled Anais4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania

  Also written Anaís, Ãñâïs, Anaïs

• Finnish given name266 records spelled Anais3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States

  Also written Anaís, Anaïs

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Anais is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Forme méridionale d’Anne, d’origine hébraïque, signifiant « grâce ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In German, im 2 0 . Jh. aus dem Französischen entlehnter weibl. Vom., der als Weiterbildung von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In sga, second-person singular future/present subjunctive conjunct of aingid

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Irish, vocative singular of anas

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, plural of anal

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 74 years between 1914–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Anais von Brienneb. 1205FRMistress to Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Anais Granofskyb. 1973CAactress, director, screenwriter
• Anais Alexanderb. 1973USAmerican model
• Anais Zanottib. 1986FRFrench model
• Anaïs Bordierb. 1987FRFrench designer
• Anais Malib. 1991FRfashion model
• Anais Pouliotb. 1991CACanadian model
• Anais Leeb. 2007USAmerican actress
• Anais Lilitactress
• Anais AlvaradoVEactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 611 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Anais?

We estimate roughly 151 thousand people bear Anais (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Anais have the most bearers?

We estimate about 133 thousand people bear Anais in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled anais.

How common is Anais compared with other names?

In France, Anais is the 135th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Anais a male or female name?

Anais is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Anais mean?

Recorded meaning: French name from Greek/Hebrew Anna via Provençal; means 'grace' or 'favor'.