Anays

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
10
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2605
10 babies

Anays by the numbers

In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Anays.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Anays

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

  • Anaisgrace or favor; a form of anna58 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anaya535 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anahiflower; from guaraní indigenous tradition481 in the US (2017)
  • Anayahgod has answered; a form of Hannah156 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ananyaunique or incomparable140 in the US (2017)
  • Anayatkindness, grace33 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Anays

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

  • Anaisegrace; a variant of Anais11 in the US (2017)
  • Aniseanise plant; from anison6 in the US (2017)
  • Annais16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Anays

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