Anari

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 55 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
55
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Anari by the numbers

Anari was given to 55 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 52 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Anari

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 Anari. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Anahiflower; from guaraní indigenous tradition481 in the US (2017)
  • Azarigod has helped; a form of Azariah21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Akarilight or brilliance42 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anavimy clouds or my answers8 in the US (2017)
  • Atarito hit or target; video game brand6 in the US (2017)
  • Amari2,058 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Anari

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

Names about as common as Anari

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