Annessa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Annessa by the numbers

Annessa was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 24 babies in 1994, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Annessa

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

  • Anessa52 in the US (2017)
  • Annissa7 in the US (2017)
  • 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)
  • Annisafriendly, companionable11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Annessa

Names that are said the same way as Annessa, 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)
  • Anisahfriendly or companionable5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anyssa17 in the US (2017)
  • Anaisa3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anesa5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Annessa

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