Anessa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 52 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
52
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Anessa by the numbers

Anessa was given to 52 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 126 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Anessa

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

  • Alessadefender of mankind; a form of Alessia143 in the US (2017)
  • Anissagracious; a form of Hannah87 in the US (2017)
  • Aneesafriendly; companionable; a form of Anisa5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Adessa17 in the US (2017)
  • Anyssa17 in the US (2017)
  • Anesa5 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Anessa

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

  • Anisafriendly; companionable32 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aneesahfriendly, sociable, companionable12 in the US (2017)
  • Annisafriendly, companionable11 in the US (2017)
  • Anisahfriendly or companionable5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Annissa7 in the US (2017)
  • Anaisa3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Anessa

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