Ani
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈani/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ani is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- CICôte d’Ivoire≈1 in 20K(inferred from the name graph)
- FIFinland1 in 23K
- HRCroatia1 in 52as Ana
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 Ani 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.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 13 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)
3,948,650 named Ana, 2022
Reference-verified
Côte d’Ivoire, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Ana in US United States.
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)
Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Ani, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ani 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | 3,948,650as Ana | 1 in 54 | 3.9M | — | — |
| US United States | 321,854as Ana | 1 in 1K | 321K | Ana | 6 |
| ES Spain | 236,862as Ana | 1 in 211 | 242K | — | 2 |
| EC Ecuador | 165,990as Ana | 1 in 102 | 166K | — | — |
| HR Croatia | 81,751as Ana | 1 in 52 | 82K | — | — |
| CR Costa Rica | 72,821as Ana | 1 in 70 | 73K | — | — |
| MD Moldova | 47,054as Ana | 1 in 72 | 47K | — | — |
| SI Slovenia | 22,088as Ana | 1 in 95 | 22K | — | — |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 20K | 1.4K | — | — |
| FI Finland | 241 | 1 in 23K | 1.4K | — | — |
3,948,650 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. 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: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — civil registry names; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; e-services.md — living population register; SURS — resident population given names; nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
Ani 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.
In English, automatic number identification
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, bird
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Akan, ohd ade bio ; pr. JS295, - ete asi (no so, or) n'ani so, he has got a cataract, has become blind with a cataract; ft. 3628. - ete atu afi n'ani so, he has been cured of his cataract. — J2, fig. won ani so tew atew, the object of ilieir contention has been removed, timr quarrel has been settled*
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In ilu, bee, bee's nest, bee's wax; honey
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In bbn, this
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Aníbal Pintob. 1825CLnot in their usual nameChilean politician and President (1825-1884)
- Aníbal Gonzálezb. 1876ESnot in their usual nameSpanish architect (1876-1929)
- Aníbal Troilob. 1914ARnot in their usual nameArgentine tango musician (1914-1975)
- Ani Pachenb. 1933CNTibetan freedom fighter and nun
- Aníbal Cavaco Silvab. 1939PTnot in their usual namePortuguese politician (born 1939)
- Aníbal Torresb. 1942PEnot in their usual namePeruvian lawyer and politician
- Aníbal Chávezb. 1956VEnot in their usual nameVenezuelan politician
- Aníbal Fernándezb. 1957ARnot in their usual nameArgentine politician (born 1957)
- Rodolfo Coriab. 1959ARnot in their usual nameArgentine paleontologist (1959-)
- Aníbal Godoyb. 1990PAnot in their usual namePanamanian association football player
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).
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 77 sources across 40 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 615 | #38,716 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 446 | #47,521 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 243 | #74,164 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 210 | #15,971 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 210 | #15,898 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 47 | #23,845 |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname 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
- How do you pronounce Ani?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈani/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- What does the name Ani mean, and where does it come from?
- Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Ani?
- In the etymology graph, Ana, Ali and Nancy are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Ani a male or female name?
- Ani 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 Ani have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 3.9 million people named Ana, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Ani?
- In Finland, the national register counted 241 people named Ani, about 1 in 23 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Ani?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aniThe 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, “Ani”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.