Anaiah
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Anaiah is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "Yahweh has answered"
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ænəaɪə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Anaiah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 181K(measured from records)
- GYGuyana1 in 750K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 7 (measured from records)
- 1 in 181K (inferred from the name graph)
1,839 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Anaiah is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "Yahweh has answered." In the Old Testament, Anaiah was a community leader who stood with Ezra during a sacred reading of the Law, making the name synonymous with faithfulness and respected leadership.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Anaiah 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 1,839 | 1 in 181K | 1.8K | — | 2 |
| GY Guyana | 1 | 1 in 750K | 1 | — | — |
| FR France | — | — | — | Anaiah | 7 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | — | 19 | — | — |
| CA Canada | — | — | 9 | — | — |
1,839 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)
Anaiah is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
As a biblical name, Anaiah means "Yahweh has answered." It belongs to a leader in the Old Testament who assisted Ezra and Nehemiah in restoring the community of Israel after the exile. The name conveys a sense of faith and divine response.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Anaiah means "Yahweh has answered" or "God has responded," reflecting a theme of gratitude for divine intervention, particularly relevant for the community recently returned from exile.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
From the Hebrew name עֲנָיָה (ʿĂnāyāh), which is a combination of the root עָנָה (ʿānāh), meaning "to answer," and יָהּ (Yāh), a shortened form of the name of God.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name means "Yahweh has answered" in Hebrew.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Anaiah reflects the theme of God's faithfulness in answering the prayers of His people, particularly relevant during the period of restoration after the Babylonian exile.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
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.
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.8K | #8,010 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 318 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 289 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 225 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 167 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 160 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2010 | 146 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 143 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 143 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 141 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 140 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 138 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Anaiah?
- A machine transcription gives /ænəaɪə/ (IPA) for English.
- Where does the name Anaiah come from?
- Anaiah is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "Yahweh has answered." In the Old Testament, Anaiah was a community leader who stood with Ezra during a sacred reading of the Law, making the name synonymous w… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Anaiah a male or female name?
- Anaiah is a male 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.
- What does the name Anaiah mean?
- Recorded meaning: Anaiah is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "Yahweh has answered."
- In which country does Anaiah have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Anaiah, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Anaiah most common?
- Anaiah is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 181 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Anaiah?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,839 people named Anaiah in 2020, about 1 in 181 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/anaiahThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Anaiah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.