Anaum
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NAHM
- Origin
- Arabic
Anaum is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Anaum come from?
Arabic: perhaps a spelling of Anam, from Arabic an'am
Is Anaum a girl's or a boy's name?
Anaum is a girls' name.
How popular is Anaum in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anaum in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anaum in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
Names like Anaum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zainab, Aisha, Summer, Safa, Aaminah, Amira, Ayah, Farah, Hafsa, Imaan, Ahlam
Names related to Anaum
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anaum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anaum, updated 20 October 2026.