Anayah

Anayah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “care; protection”
Origin: Arabic
Say it: uh-NYE-uh · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

Usually treated as a variant of Arabic Inayah/Anaya, meaning ‘care’ or ‘concern’. It may also overlap with modern English-language spellings influenced by similar-sounding names.

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How popular is Anayah?

202470.0 per million US babies

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.

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Babies named Anayah in 2024233

2024 rank#1,066 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,381

Anayah has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Anayah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
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Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Anayah questions

What does the name Anayah mean?

Anayah means "care; protection". It comes from Arabic. Usually treated as a variant of Arabic Inayah/Anaya, meaning ‘care’ or ‘concern’. It may also overlap with modern English-language spellings influenced by similar-sounding names.

Is Anayah a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Anayah?

233 US babies were named Anayah in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Anayah?

Anayah 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.