Anees
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-NEES
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Anees is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “close friend, companion”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Anees mean?
Arabic: spelling of Anis
“close friend, companion”
Mir Anees was a 19th-century Urdu poet celebrated for his elegies on the Battle of Karbala.
Is Anees a girl's or a boy's name?
Anees is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anees in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Anees, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Anees in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Anees in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,040 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,046 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 20 | #870 |
| 1998 | 18 | #906 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
Names like Anees
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hassan Bilal Thomas Adam Awais Lewis Aamir Amaan William Liam Asad Adil
Names related to Anees
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Anees: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anees, updated 20 October 2026.