Meaning of the nameAnahí
- Female
- A-na-hí
Anahí is a spelling of the name Anaí, which means “Guaraní name of the tree Erythrina crista-galli (in English, cockspur coral tree)”.
Meaning
“Guaraní name of the tree Erythrina crista-galli (in English, cockspur coral tree)”
Source: Wiktionary: Anahí
- People (2022)
- 1,024
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,160
- Median age
- 12 years
- 2010 Census
- 423
- people
Anahí in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Anahí, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (361 people).
1,017 women 0 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Anahí is most common
States with the highest share of people named Anahí in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 314 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 102 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 87 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 64 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 41 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 41 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 40 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 36 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 35 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 34 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 31 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 30 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 27 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 23 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 22 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Anahí
Spelling with an h and an acute accent on the last syllable, linked to the Guaraní name ana-i; its records are concentrated in the most recent decades.
About the name Anaí
The origin of the spelling Anai is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil groups Anaí with the spelling variants Anahi, Anahy, Anay, Hanai, Hanay and Annay. Wiktionary records Anahí as a female name coming from Paraguayan Guaraní ana-i, the name of the tree Erythrina crista-galli. Both spellings are almost always female. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,231 people named Anai, with a median age of 38, and 1,024 named Anahí, with a median age of 12.
Other spellings of Anaí
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Anaí | 1,231 |
| Anahí | 1,024 |
Sources
- Wiktionary: Anahí · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: Anahí · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Anaí · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Anahí
What does the name Anahí mean?
Anahí means “Guaraní name of the tree Erythrina crista-galli (in English, cockspur coral tree)”, according to Wiktionary.
How many people are named Anahí in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,024 people with the first name Anahí, which ranks it number 8,160 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Anahí a boy's or a girl's name?
Anahí is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,017 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Anahí most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.001% of the state's population is named Anahí (102 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Anahí?
Anaí. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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