MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anisha mean?
Anisha can be the feminine personal formation from Sanskrit anisha, having no superior. It can also belong to the Arabic Anisa name, friendly or companionable, familiar in Kerala and Urdu use. These are separate language roots that meet in similar personal forms.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अनीशा
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
അനീഷ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
अनिशा
11,818 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
अनीषा
3,926 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anisha in Indian usage
7,566 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 206 |
| 1970s | 959 |
| 1980s | 2,971 |
| 1990s | 3,280 |
| Other decades | 150 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 4,370 |
| Delhi | 1,388 |
| Goa | 760 |
| Meghalaya | 386 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 361 |
| Other states | 301 |
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 | Anisha / F | 11 | 2,440 |
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 Anisha; Table_6, C2460 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Anisha; Table_6, C2460
- Monier-Williams, anīśa, p. 30,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.