Anis is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “close friend.” In 2024 it was given to 13 boys in the United States.
Anis belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “close friend” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Anis first appears in Social Security records in 1982. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4911 in 2008, and in 2024 13 babies received the name — 348 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Anis means “close friend” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Anis is a boy name. In 2024, 13 babies received the name in the US.
Anis comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Anis first appears in US records in 1982. Its best-ever ranking was #4911 in 2008, and 13 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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