Meaning of the nameAni
Ani is a spelling of the name Anny, which means “diminutive of Anne or Ana, from the Hebrew Hanna, 'favor, grace'”.
Meaning
“diminutive of Anne or Ana, from the Hebrew Hanna, 'favor, grace'”
Meaning of the name Anny, of which Ani is a spelling.
Source: Behind the Name: Anny · Behind the Name: Hannah · Wiktionary: Anny
- People (2022)
- 4,406
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,994
- Median age
- 18 years
- 2010 Census
- 5,403
- people
Ani in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Ani, 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 (1,213 people).
4,320 women 86 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 Ani is most common
States with the highest share of people named Ani in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Mato Grosso 0.007%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.007%
- Santa Catarina 0.005%
- Paraná 0.005%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 694 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 510 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 431 | 0.004% |
| Santa Catarina | 369 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso | 258 | 0.007% |
| Bahia | 235 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 232 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 209 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 186 | 0.007% |
| Goiás | 145 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 129 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 102 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 93 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 93 | 0.003% |
| Sergipe | 87 | 0.004% |
| Ceará | 79 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 73 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 71 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 70 | 0.004% |
| Paraíba | 65 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 62 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 55 | 0.007% |
| Piauí | 50 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 33 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 32 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 22 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 21 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Ani
With a single N and a final I, it coincides with Ani, which Behind the Name gives as a diminutive of Ana in Bulgarian, Georgian, Romanian and Spanish.
About the name Anny
Behind the Name gives Anny as a French diminutive of Anne, the French form of Anna; Anna is the form of Hannah used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament, from the Hebrew Ḥanna, 'favor, grace', from the root ḥanan, 'to be gracious'. In Wiktionary, Anny also appears as an old spelling of the English Annie, a diminutive of Ann and Anne, with the same Hebrew origin. Ani and Anni have their own entries in Behind the Name as diminutives of Ana and of Anna. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 34,230 people named Anny, with a median age of 10; the name is almost always female, most were born in the 2000s and 2010s, and proportionally it is most common in Sergipe.
Other spellings of Anny
Sources
- Behind the Name: Anny · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Anne · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Anna · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Hannah · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Anny · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Ani · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Anni · behindthename.com · origin
Questions about the name Ani
What does the name Ani mean?
Ani means “diminutive of Anne or Ana, from the Hebrew Hanna, 'favor, grace'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Anny, of which Ani is a spelling.
How many people are named Ani in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,406 people with the first name Ani, which ranks it number 2,994 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Ani a boy's or a girl's name?
Ani is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,320 women and 86 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Ani?
Ani is a name of Hebrew and French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Ani most common?
Proportionally, in Mato Grosso: 0.007% of the state's population is named Ani (258 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Ani?
Anny, Any and Anni. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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