Anshi

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

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Anshi by the numbers

Anshi was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Anshi

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

  • Anahiflower; from guaraní indigenous tradition481 in the US (2017)
  • Aashismile or laughter32 in the US (2017)
  • Anshuray of light9 in the US (2017)
  • Anshaportion or part6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arshi3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aanshi7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Anshi

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