Anahita
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Anahita is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Afghanistan than in any other country. In English, recorded as the name of an Iranian goddess, associated with fertility, healing and wisdom.
- IRIran≈1 in 149K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 301K
- AFAfghanistan≈1 in 9.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Anahita itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Afghanistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 182 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Afghanistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Անահիտա in AM Armenia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
the name of an Iranian goddess, associated with fertility, healing and wisdom.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Anahita is read(measured from records)
Anahita is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English45%
the name of an Iranian goddess, associated with fertility, healing and wisdom.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Hindi9.3%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Anahita in Hindi.
- Persian8.3%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Anahita in Persian.
- French7.1%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Anahita in French.
- German5.1%
weibl. Vom. altiranischen Ursprungs,
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Anahita counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF Afghanistan | #793 | ≈4,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.1K | 1 | Anahita | 7 |
| US United States | — | 1,104 | 1 in 301K | 1.1K | Anahita | 182 |
| IR Iran | — | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 149K | — | Anahita | 40 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 231K | 2 | Anahita | 71 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 959K | — | Anahita | 8 |
| SE Sweden | — | 252 | 1 in 40K | 252 | Anahita | 25 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈96 est. | ≈1 in 104K | — | Anahita | 25 |
| DK Denmark | — | 73 | 1 in 80K | 73 | — | — |
| AM Armenia | — | ≈38 est. | ≈1 in 80K | — | Անահիտա | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the de-duesseldorf-vornamen register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Anahita is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, Anahita (Iranian goddess of fertility)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Armēņu mitoloģijā - dabas auglības un ūdens dieve, tēlota kā skaista jaunava vaiņagā un ūdra kažokā; Anaita
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, "Nevainojamā", persiešu auglības dieviete, kas cēlusies no Asīrijas un Babilonijas.
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Anahita Ratebzadb. 1931AFAfghan Marxist and member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (1931-2014)
- Anahita Uberoib. 1967INIndian actor
- Anahita Hemmatib. 1973IRIranian actress
- Anahita Razmib. 1981DEGerman-born visual artist, of Iranian descent (b. 1981)
- Anahita Norouzib. 1983IRMulti-disciplinary artist (*1983)
- Anahita Afsharb. 1986IRIranian actress
- Anahita Dargahib. 1987IRIranian actress
- Anahita Khalatbarib. 2000USAmerican journalist, news anchor, reporter, actress, model and TV show host
- Anahita Tavoosib. 2000researcher
- Anahita Mohseniresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 41 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.1K | #11,553 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 252 | #4,449 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 181 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 178 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 169 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 161 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 152 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 147 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 73 | #2,003 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 13 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7 | #11,553 |
| DE Germany | Stadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene | 2020 | 2 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Anahita mean, and where does it come from?
- the name of an Iranian goddess, associated with fertility, healing and wisdom. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Anahita a male or female name?
- Anahita is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Anahita have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.0 thousand people named Anahita in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled anahita.
- How common is the name Anahita?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,104 people named Anahita in 2020, about 1 in 301 thousand residents.
- How common is Anahita compared with other names?
- In Afghanistan, Anahita is the 793rd most common given name of 21,469 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Anahita” — the 793rd most common given name in Afghanistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.