Anniston
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 232 babies a year in the US.
Anniston by the numbers
Anniston was given to 232 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 301 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Anniston
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 Anniston. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Anniston
Names that are said the same way as Anniston, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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