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Annelise

Gender
Girl
Say it
AN-a-leez
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#1,961 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,071 for girls

Annelise is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace + my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 1,071st for girls in the US (226 babies).

What does Annelise mean?

Hebrew: German and Scandinavian blend of Anna and Lise, from Elisabeth

“grace + my God is an oath”

Anne Frank was born Annelies Marie Frank, using the Dutch form of the name.

Is Annelise a girl's or a boy's name?

Annelise is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 226 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Annelise in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,961st among girls
Babies in 2025
15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 26% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Annelise, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 21 girls.

2025 had more girls named Annelise than any year since 2018.

Half of all the girls named Annelise in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 66 girls in the UK were given Annelise or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #592, up from #1,961 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 21 in 20122025
Annelise in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202515#1,961
20248#3,076
20235#4,251
202214#2,052
202112#2,325
202011#2,407
201912#2,275
201815#2,000
201713#2,210
201612#2,363
201517#1,813
201421#1,544
201321#1,559
201221#1,579
201113#2,152
201015#1,912
200914#1,957
200810#2,454
200718#1,544
200612#1,987
200514#1,692
200417#1,399
200314#1,564
200215#1,399
20018#2,150
20009#1,942
19997#2,295
199810#1,815
19974#3,345

How popular is Annelise in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,071st among girls
Babies in 2025
226 about 1 in 7,100 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 226 girls in the US were named Annelise, making it the 1,071st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,422nd. It first appears in the records in 1930.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Annelise of any year since it first appeared, in 1930.

Half of all the girls named Annelise in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,061 girls in the US were given Annelise or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #318, up from #1,071 for this spelling alone.

1930Busiest: 226 in 20252025
Annelise in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025226#1,071
2024176#1,305
2023149#1,471
2022140#1,531
2021149#1,441
2020153#1,422
2019183#1,267
2018176#1,292
2017205#1,190
2016199#1,229
2015209#1,197
2014217#1,147
2013219#1,111
2012216#1,136
2011225#1,090
2010180#1,307
2009192#1,267
2008190#1,309
2007213#1,189
2006204#1,188
2005217#1,096
2004165#1,293
2003169#1,241
2002153#1,281
2001144#1,330
2000125#1,470
1999105#1,594
1998132#1,328
1997148#1,210
1996118#1,397
199598#1,546
1994112#1,422
1993109#1,458
1992103#1,520
199198#1,558
199083#1,751
198977#1,746
198864#1,907
198750#2,154
198642#2,383
198540#2,439
198429#2,991
198322#3,554
198227#3,171
198121#3,738
198016#4,516
197916#4,419
197813#4,931
197714#4,651
197613#4,612
197510#5,514
197412#4,719
197313#4,361
197214#4,091
197111#4,808
197017#3,576
19695#7,469
196813#3,788
19678#4,981
196616#3,147
196510#4,201
19648#5,007
196310#4,271
19620–
19617#5,308
19600–
19597#5,030
19580–
19570–
19568#4,466
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19475#5,293
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19305#4,548

Nicknames for Annelise

Names like Annelise

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Amelie, Isabelle, Arielle, Mia, Ava, Abigail, Delilah, Aria, Annabelle, Fatima, Isabella, Athena

Other spellings of Annelise

Annalise, Anelise, Anelisse, Annalyse, Analisse, Analyse

Names related to Annelise

Anneliese, Annaliese, Annalisa, Anelis, Anna-Louise, Analiese, Yanelis

More Hebrew names

Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi

Every Hebrew name

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, “Annelise: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/annelise, updated 20 October 2026.