MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ani mean?
Ani serves as a familiar form of Annie in Kerala naming. Annie belongs to the Anna and Hannah group, whose Hebrew base expresses grace or favour. A separate southern word ani denotes ornament or beauty in Tamil and has a Malayalam cognate.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अनी
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
ആനി
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ani in Indian usage
11,221 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 6,605 records (58.9%).
- Recorded as male: 4,616 records (41.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 306 |
| 1950s | 681 |
| 1960s | 1,516 |
| 1970s | 3,730 |
| 1980s | 3,174 |
| 1990s | 1,677 |
| Other decades | 137 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 5,381 |
| Delhi | 3,190 |
| Odisha | 1,537 |
| Assam | 195 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 137 |
| Bihar | 128 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 124 |
| Jharkhand | 111 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 102 |
| Other states | 316 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Ani / F | 15 | 1,892 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Ani; Table_6, C1912 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Ani; Table_6, C1912
- Wiktionary: அணி ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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