Anara

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

Anara by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Anara. In the US, 20 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Anara

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Anara. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Amaragrace, beauty, eternal449 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Adaravirgin, maiden75 in the US (2017)
  • Ataracrown, wreath49 in the US (2017)
  • Azaraflower or blooming36 in the US (2017)
  • Andrastrong and brave; a form of andrea or andrew9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Analafire12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Anara

Names that are said the same way as Anara, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Annorahonor; a form of Honora98 in the US (2017)
  • Aneiramuch loved19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Annorahgrace with a modern suffix; possibly from Anna14 in the US (2017)
  • Anuratail-less; referring to frogs and toads5 in the US (2017)
  • Anora24 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ainara59 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Anara

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