Anysa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-NEE-sah
- Origin
- Arabic
Anysa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “friendly companion”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Anysa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Anyssa, itself a spelling of Anissa, from Arabic Anisa
“friendly companion”
Meaning borrowed from Anyssa.
Is Anysa a girl's or a boy's name?
Anysa is a girls' name.
How popular is Anysa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Anysa in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anysa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
Names like Anysa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Amira, Aliya, Samira, Aziza, Salma, Aysha, Zahara, Safa, Zahira, Alaysha, Amina
Names related to Anysa
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Anysa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anysa, updated 20 October 2026.