Anisha
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ænɪʃə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Anisha is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country. In Afghanistan it is the 87th most common given name.
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 6.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- TJTajikistan≈1 in 1.5Kas Anisa
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 1.5Kas Nisa
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 Anisha 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.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 264 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈140,000 named Anisa, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bangladesh, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Nisa in TR Türkiye, AF Afghanistan, Nita in GE Georgia, Аниса in TJ Tajikistan and Anisa in SI Slovenia.
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)
A female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Anisha 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | listed | Anisha | 75 |
| TR Türkiye | #404 | ≈53,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | 3K | Nisa | 66 |
| BD Bangladesh | #626 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.8K | listed | Anisha | 41 |
| AF Afghanistan | #87 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Nisa | 3 |
| US United States | — | 10,378as Nita | 1 in 32K | 10K | Anisha | 264 |
| TJ Tajikistan | #115 | ≈5,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | listed | Аниса | 13 |
| GE Georgia | #929 | 5,199as ნიტა | 1 in 769 | 5.2K | Nita | 19 |
| AL Albania | — | 3,697as Anisa | 1 in 832 | 3.7K | — | 2 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 2,561as Nuša | 1 in 821 | 2.6K | Anisa | 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: TÜİK NIP — newborn names; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Anisha Batemanb. 1976ZWZimbabwean association football player
- Anisha Nagarajanb. 1983USAmerican actress
- Anisha Nicoleb. 1985USAmerican singer
- Anisha Vekemansb. 1991BEcyclist
- Anisha Wijeyesekerab. 2000GBresearcher
- Anisha AcharyaINfilm editor
- Princess Anisha RosnahBruneian Royal
- Anisha SinghINIndian businesswoman
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 60 sources across 36 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5.2K | #3,784 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 30 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 10 | #3,784 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- Is Anisha a male or female name?
- Anisha 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.
- What does the name Anisha mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Anisha?
- A machine transcription gives /ænɪʃə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- In which country does Anisha have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 138 thousand people named Anisa in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Anisha?
- In the United States, the national register counted 10,378 people named Nita in 2020, about 1 in 32 thousand residents.
- How common is Anisha compared with other names?
- In Afghanistan, Anisha is the 87th most common given name of 21,469 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Anisha?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/anishaThe 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, “Anisha” — the 87th most common given name in Afghanistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.