Anaia

Anaia: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Yahweh has answered”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
uh-NYE-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Usually treated as a variant of Anaiah, a biblical Hebrew name. The final -a spelling is modern in usage.

How popular is Anaia?

202443.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Anaia in 2024142

2024 rank#1,519 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 1880751

Anaia is rising: use over the last five years is 2.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Anaia

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • AnaiahYahweh has answered · Hebrew
  • Elizabethmy God is an oath · Hebrew
  • Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Abigailmy father is joy · Hebrew
  • Naomipleasantness · Hebrew
  • Hannahgrace; favor · Hebrew
  • Maryuncertain, traditionally beloved or bitter · Hebrew
  • Delilahdelicate · Hebrew

Anaia questions

What does the name Anaia mean?

Anaia means "Yahweh has answered". It comes from Hebrew. Usually treated as a variant of Anaiah, a biblical Hebrew name. The final -a spelling is modern in usage.

Is Anaia a boy or girl name?

Anaia is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Anaia?

142 US babies were named Anaia in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Anaia?

Anaia is usually pronounced uh-NYE-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.