Anvay
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in England and Wales.
Anvay by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Anvay. In the US, 22 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Anvay
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 Anvay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Advayunique; without a second5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Anay108 in the US (2017)
- Anmay3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Abhayfearless or without fear10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Anwarmore luminous or brighter21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Angadwithout bodily form; without limitations29 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Anvay
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