Anais | |
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Gender | Female |
Language(s) | Persian |
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Meaning | "Goddess of Love" |
Anais, Anaís, or Anaïs (ah-nah-iss), is a female given name derived from the Persian goddess of love, Anahita, or its Armenian counterpart, Anahit.
Since about 1985, the name Anaïs is especially popular in France, where there are seven to ten times more women named Anaïs than Anne. It was the third most popular name for women in 1993. There is no account of the name in France before the middle of the nineteenth century, when it is traceable in Provence and Catalonia. The diminutive form Naïs was also used in a novel by Marcel Pagnol.
Anais, Anaís or Anaïs can refer to:
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