Anşa
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Anşa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Proto-Finnic *ansa (compare Estonian aas), borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ansā (compare Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”), Latvian osa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (compare Latin ānsa.
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 27K(inferred from the name graph)
- FIFinland1 in 5.7K
- ALAlbania1 in 114K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 113 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Proto-Finnic*ansacompare Estonian aas(measured from records)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic*ansācompare Old Prussian ansis (“hook“hook, latch”(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂emseh₂“handle”(measured from records)
From Proto-Finnic *ansa (compare Estonian aas), borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ansā (compare Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”), Latvian osa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (compare Latin ānsa (“handle”)).
Sources 3
- 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Anşa 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Anşa | 12 |
| FI Finland | 970 | 1 in 5.7K | 1.2K | — | 10 |
| US United States | 218 | 1 in 1.5M | 200 | — | 113 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 205K | — | Anşa | 2 |
| SE Sweden | 68 | 1 in 150K | 68 | — | 6 |
| AL Albania | 27 | 1 in 114K | 27 | — | — |
| IS Iceland | 2 | 1 in 175K | 2 | — | 1 |
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: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 2 sources across 0 countries.
Reference works 2
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Тахиров, Речник на турските лични имена в България
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 Anşa mean, and where does it come from?
- From Proto-Finnic *ansa (compare Estonian aas), borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ansā (compare Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”), Latvian osa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (compare Latin ānsa… Recorded by 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples) and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- Is Anşa a male or female name?
- Anşa 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 Anşa have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.0 thousand people named Anşa in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled anşa.
- Where is Anşa most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Anşa is densest in Finland — about 1 in 5.7 thousand people — even though Türkiye holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Anşa?
- In Finland, the national register counted 970 people named Anşa, about 1 in 5.7 thousand residents.
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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, “Anşa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.