Anni

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Annie in US United States, GB United Kingdom, NL Netherlands and 18 more, Runi in IN India, BR Brazil and อรุณี in TH Thailand.

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 22 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◐

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

• German given name96K records spelled Anni34 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Denmark, United States, Brazil

  Languages: German, Danish, English

  Also written Änni, Aenni, An-Ni, Anni', Ann-I

• Portuguese given name34K records spelled Anni20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Peru

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Annï, Ännï, An-Ni, Anní, Anñi

• Hindi given name20K records spelled Anni5 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Änni

• a separate given name11K records spelled Anni3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Finland, China

  Also written An-Ni, An̲n̲i

• Indonesian given name6.0K records spelled Anni3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Anni

• French given name2.4K records spelled Anni4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Finland

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Ànni, Ãnnï

• Russian given name981 records spelled Anni99 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Bulgaria, United States, Poland

  Languages: Russian, Bulgarian, Polish

  Also written Ани, Ani, Annie, Ані, Анни

• Italian given name737 records spelled Anni5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Finland, Peru

  Also written Annì, An̲n̲i, Änni, Ãnnî

44 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●

Anni 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 Icelandic, first-person singular active present subjunctive of anna

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

• In Estonian, genitive singular of and

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

• In Latin, inflection of annus:

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

• In aa, which?

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

• In lex, wind

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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) — 89 years between 1916–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Anni Albersb. 1899DEGerman-American textile artist, weaver and graphic designer, student and teacher at the Bauhaus (1899–1994)
• Anni Holdmannb. 1900DEGerman sprinter (1900–1960)
• Anni Rehbornb. 1904DEGerman swimmer (1904-1986)
• Anni Blomqvistb. 1909FIwriter from Åland (1909–1990)
• Anni Steuerb. 1913DEOlympic hurler
• Helena Takalob. 1947FInot in their usual nameFinnish cross-country skier
• Rosa Liksomb. 1958FInot in their usual nameFinnish writer (born 1958)
• Anni Sinnemäkib. 1973FIFinnish politician and poet
• Anni Friesinger-Postmab. 1977DEGerman speed skater
• Anni Esparb. 1993ESSpanish water polo 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 · 684 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Anni?

We estimate roughly 430 thousand people bear Anni (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Anni have the most bearers?

We estimate about 210 thousand people bear Anni in France, more than in any other country in our records.

Where is Anni most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Anni is densest in Finland — about 1 in 280 people — even though France holds more of our records for it.

How common is Anni compared with other names?

In Singapore, Anni is the 106th most common given name of 46,862 given names recorded there.

Is Anni a male or female name?

Anni 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 Anni mean?

Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom., Koseform von