Anis

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Anís in ES Spain.

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 4 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◐

Anis is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name127K records spelled Anis21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Tunisia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Anis, Aniş, Añis, Anïs, Anís

• French given name96K records spelled Anis98 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Tunisia, Algeria, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Anïs, Ànis, Anîs, Aniş, Ãnįs

• a separate given name57K records spelled Anis6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Malaysia

  Also written Anīs, Ānis, Anís, Aniş, Aniš

• a separate given name5.4K records spelled Anis62 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Algeria, France, Malaysia, Romania

  Also written Ànis, Ãnïs, Anîs, Änįs, Ãnîs

• Portuguese given name5.2K records spelled Anis20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Malaysia, United States, India

  Also written Anís, Ânïs, Ànis, Ànìs, Ānįs

• Swahili given name4.9K records spelled Anis6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Malaysia, United States, Tunisia

  Also written Aniş, Àniș, Änįs

58 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●

Anis 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 Indonesian, anise (Pimpinella anisum)

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

• In French, anise (plant and spice)

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

• companion; friend; lover.

  as a name·Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

• Amichevole / Pura

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• Friendly, gentle,

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 97 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Anis Mansourb. 1924EGEgyptian writer (1924–2011)
• Anis Hassan Yahyab. 1934YEYemeni socialist thinker and politician (1934–2026)
• Bushidob. 1978DEnot in their usual nameGerman rapper
• Anis Lounifib. 1978TNTunisian judoka
• Anis Boussaïdib. 1981TNTunisian association football player
• Anis Ayarib. 1982TNTunisian association football player
• Anice Badrib. 1990FRnot in their usual nameTunisian and French association football player
• Anis Amrib. 1992TNTunisian islamist terrorist
• Anis Ben Slimaneb. 2001TNTunisian and Danish association football player
• Anis Mehmetib. 2001ALAlbanian-English footballer

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 · 671 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Anis?

We estimate roughly 13 thousand people bear Anis (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Anis have the most bearers?

Anis is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled anis.

How common is Anis compared with other names?

In Tunisia, Anis is the 12th most common given name of 13,955 given names recorded there.

Is Anis a male or female name?

Anis is a male 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 Anis mean?

Recorded meaning: short form; An(n)ieser 'anise merchant' from Agnes