Anneliese

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Anneliese, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Cecily
• Beatrice
• Cassandra
• Emmeline
• Cecilia
• Camille
• Caroline
• Beatrix
• Liesel
• Bernadette
• Evangeline
• Celeste

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.

Anneliese is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, United Kingdom

  Also written Anne-Liese, Annelièse, Annéliese

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Anneliese 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 German, ) Annelies; Annelise; Anne- lis: weibl. Vom., vor allem in den 1920er- und

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Blend of ANNA and ELISABETH. “a 267

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• German and Scandinavian: compound name composed of the elements ANNE and LIESE .

  as a word

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.

• Anneliese Würtzb. 1900DEGerman actress and voice actress (1900–1981)
• Anneliese Groscurthb. 1904DEGerman Righteous Among the Nations (1910–1996)
• Anneliese Maierb. 1905DEGerman historian (1905-1971)
• Anneliese Rothenbergerb. 1919DE(1919-2010) operatic soprano
• Anneliese Küppersb. 1929DEWest German equestrian (1929-2010)
• Anneliese Kaplanb. 1933DEGerman actress (1933-2020)
• Anneliese Michelb. 1952DEwoman who died from malnutrition after attempted exorcisms
• Anneliese Midgleyb. 1976GBBritish politician
• Anneliese Doddsb. 1978GBBritish politician
• Anneliese van der Polb. 1984NLDutch actress (born 1984)

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).

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.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What are other forms of the name Anneliese?

In the etymology graph, Anna and Elisabeth are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Anneliese?

In German /ˈʔanəˌliːzə/ (Wiktionary).

What does the name Anneliese mean, and where does it come from?

a female given name, blend of Anna and Elisabeth Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

In which country does Anneliese have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 57 thousand people named Anneliese in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled anneliese.

Is Anneliese a male or female name?

Anneliese is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female; Netherlands (Meertens NVB): listed as female; France (INSEE, 1960): listed as female; Finland (DVV): listed under both sexes. We don't publish a percentage split.

How common is the name Anneliese?

In the United States, the national register counted 5,997 people named Anneliese in 2020, about 1 in 55 thousand residents.

How common is Anneliese compared with other names?

In Germany, Anneliese is the 305th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.