Annelise

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a female given name, combination of Anne and Lise, also spelled Anne-Lise

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ænəɫaɪz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Annelise is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DKDenmark1 in 1.8K(measured from records)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 14K
  • NONorway1 in 14K

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.

United States (measured from records)

5,609 people, 2020

Sources
266 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Denmark

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Anne-Lise in FR France, NO Norway, BE Belgium.

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, combination of Anne and Lise, also spelled Anne-Lise

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Annelise, 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)

Annelise 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.

Where Annelise is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—5,6091 in 59K5.6KAnnelise266
FR France—≈5,000 est.≈1 in 14K8.1KAnne-Lise233
DK Denmark#2683,3461 in 1.8K3.3KAnnelise75
ZA South Africa—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 29K—Annelise30
BR Brazil—1,2891 in 164K1.3K—4
BE Belgium—≈420 est.≈1 in 28K9Anne-Lise32
NO Norway#4963821 in 14K9.8KAnne-Lise54

5,609 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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Annelise is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Peru

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Anne-Lise, Annélise, Annelíse

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Anné-Lise, Ann-Elise, Anne-Lise, Ann-Élise

  • Finnish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Anne-Lise, Ann-Elise

  • a separate given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Norway, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Anne-Lise, Ann-Elise

  • Polish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland

    Also written Anne-Lise

  • Vietnamese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Vietnam, United States, South Africa

    Also written Anne-Lise

  • Italian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy, Norway, Switzerland

    Also written Anne-Lise, Annelisé

43 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19001920194019601980Annelise Modrze, b. 1901Annelise Kretschmer, b. 1903Annelise Löffler, b. 1914Annelise Reenberg, b. 1919Annelise Hovmand, b. 1924Annelise Kalbak, b. 1940Annelise Høegh, b. 1948Annelise Orleck, b. 1959Annelise Coberger, b. 1971Annelise Hesme, b. 1976

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)

InformalHi Annelise,

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 59 sources across 35 countries.

Official registers attesting Annelise
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20205.6K#3,639
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—3.3K#179
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—1.4K#1,315
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)20081.4K#2,349
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20221.3K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.3K#6,976
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—824#5,224
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—778#10,799
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2025382—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025226—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)2020122—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202011#3,639

Reference works 3

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name 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 Annelise?
A machine transcription gives /ænəɫaɪz/ (IPA) for English.
Is Annelise a male or female name?
Annelise 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 Annelise mean, and where does it come from?
a female given name, combination of Anne and Lise, also spelled Anne-Lise Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Annelise have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 5.6 thousand people named Annelise, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled annelise.
Where is Annelise most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Annelise is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 1.8 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Annelise?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,609 people named Annelise in 2020, about 1 in 59 thousand residents.
How common is Annelise compared with other names?
In Denmark, Annelise is the 268th most common given name of 23,174 given names recorded there.

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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, “Annelise” — the 268th most common given name in Denmark. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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