Anshu
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Anshu is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “ray, beam, sunbeam”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Anshu mean?
Sanskrit
“ray, beam, sunbeam”
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Anshu a girl's or a boy's name?
Anshu is a girls' name.
How popular is Anshu in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Anshu in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anshu in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
Names like Anshu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Anvi Dhriti Avani Aadhya Aashvi Aarya Prisha Sanvi Aavya Navya Arya
Names related to Anshu
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
Sources
Figures from 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, “Anshu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anshu, updated 20 October 2026.