Anel

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Анель in KZ Kazakhstan, RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan and 3 more, Anelita in BR Brazil, PH Philippines and Анел in IT Italy.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language 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◐

Anel is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name13K records spelled Anel15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Australia, Kazakhstan

  Languages: English, Dutch

  Also written Anél, Añel, Ańèĺ, Anèl, Ănel

• German given name2.5K records spelled Anel8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Austria, Germany, United States, South Africa

  Languages: German, English

  Also written Aenel, Anél, Anèl, Añel, Änel

• Croatian given name2.1K records spelled Anel6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, United States, Serbia

  Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian

  Also written Ánel, Añel

• French given name1.9K records spelled Anel9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, South Africa

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Añel, Anél, Anël, Ãnël, Anêl

• a separate given name1.6K records spelled Anel3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Kazakhstan

  Also written Añel, Anél

• Hungarian given name1.1K records spelled Anel3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, United States

  Also written Áńéĺ, Anél

• Hindi given name754 records spelled Anel5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, South Africa, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Anél, Añel

• Turkish given name439 records spelled Anel6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Kazakhstan, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Añel, Ãnel, Anél

49 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●

Anel is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, ring

  as a word·A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

• In Portuguese, ring (round piece of metal worn around the finger)

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

• In fro, ring (small metal torus-shaped object)

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

• In Galician, ring (small metal object)

  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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 55 years between 1971–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Anel Karabegb. 1962BABosnian footballer (born 1962)
• Anel Pazb. 1963ARArgentine musician
• Anel Patricia Nava Pérezb. 1977MXMexican politician
• Anel Canalesb. 1978PAPanamanian footballer
• Anel Alexanderb. 1979ZASouth African actress
• Anel Džakab. 1980DEGerman footballer
• Anel Hadžićb. 1989BABosnian association football player
• Anel Raskajb. 1989XKYugoslavian football player
• Anel Hajrićb. 1996BABosnian footballer
• Anel Husićb. 2001CHSwiss association football player

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 · 461 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Anel?

We estimate roughly 27 thousand people bear Anel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Anel have the most bearers?

Anel is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled anel.

Where is Anel most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Anel is densest in Kazakhstan — about 1 in 958 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

How common is Anel compared with other names?

In Mexico, Anel is the 652nd most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Anel a male or female name?

Anel 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.