Anoud
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NOOD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Anoud is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “proud and independent”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Anoud mean?
Arabic: from al-Anoud, root '-n-d 'to be headstrong'
“proud and independent”
Often written Al-Anoud; the word describes a she-camel that walks apart from the herd, implying independence.
Is Anoud a girl's or a boy's name?
Anoud is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anoud in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Anoud, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 3 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Anoud in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
Names like Anoud
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Ayah, Zainab, Aaliyah, Aafiyah, Safaa, Afrah, Abeeha, Rahma, Aakifah, Rahaf, Zaha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Anoud: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anoud, updated 20 October 2026.