MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anisa mean?
Anīsa is the feminine form related to Anis, companion, and belongs to the Arabic intimacy-and-friendship word family. The long ī belongs to the same pattern as Anis.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Arabic
أنيسة
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
अनीसा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anisa in Indian usage
94,669 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 93,402 records (98.7%).
- Recorded as male: 1,267 records (1.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,200 |
| 1940s | 4,002 |
| 1950s | 9,235 |
| 1960s | 17,613 |
| 1970s | 20,916 |
| 1980s | 23,412 |
| 1990s | 17,966 |
| Other decades | 325 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 45,146 |
| Bihar | 13,284 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 10,148 |
| Rajasthan | 7,823 |
| Jharkhand | 3,877 |
| Haryana | 3,843 |
| Kerala | 3,631 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,798 |
| Maharashtra | 1,531 |
| Odisha | 775 |
| Punjab | 602 |
| Karnataka | 577 |
| Delhi | 526 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 385 |
| Assam | 306 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 160 |
| Chandigarh | 114 |
| Other states | 143 |
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 | Anisa / F | 32 | 1,051 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
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 Anisa; Table_6, C1059 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Anisa; Table_6, C1059
- Behind the Name: Anisa ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Behind the Name: Anis ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wiktionary: أنيسة ↗ (opens in a new tab)
script
- Quran.com: Surah An-Nisa ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.