Anais

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:

People

• Anais Alexander, an American pornstar
• Anais (comics), Marvel Comics fictional character
• Anaïs Croze (born 1976), French singer
• Anais Granofsky (born 1973), Canadian actress and director
• Anaís (born 1984), Dominican Latin pop singer, winner of the second season of Objetivo Fama
• Anais Mitchell, American singer-songwriter
• Anaïs Morand (born 1993), Swiss pair skater
• Anaïs Lameche (born 1987), Swedish singer
• Anaïs Laurendon (born 1985), French professional tennis player
• Anaïs Nin (1903–1977), Cuban-French writer
• Anaïs Veerapatren (born 1986), Miss Mauritius 2008
• Anais Gallagher (born 2000), Noel Gallagher's daughter
• Anais Catala, Iraqi-French model
• Anaïs Anaïs, a perfume by the brand Cacharel that was launched in 1978
• Anais Watterson, a fictional character from the animated series "The Amazing World of Gumball".
• Anaïs Pouliot (born 1991), French-Canadian high fashion model

Places

• Anais, Charente, in the Charente department of France
• Anais, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime department of France