Aniella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- an-YEL-a
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Aniella is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “messenger; angel”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Aniella mean?
Greek: spelling of Aniela; Polish form of Angela
“messenger; angel”
The Polish form of Angela, ultimately from Greek angelos, 'messenger'.
Meaning borrowed from Aniela.
Is Aniella a girl's or a boy's name?
Aniella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aniella in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 5 girls.
Aniella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Aniella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Aniella, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2010, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Aniella in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aniella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Aniella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arabella, Lyra, Athena, Ava, Isla, Aria, Alessia, Sophia, Amelie, Aurora, Sienna, Isabella
Names related to Aniella
Aniela, Anella, Anelia, Anela, Anila, Aneela, Aniylah, Aniyla, Anilah
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aniella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aniella, updated 20 October 2026.