Enis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-NIS
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Enis is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “close friend, companion”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Enis mean?
Arabic: Turkish and Bosnian form of Anis
“close friend, companion”
The Turkish and Bosnian form of the Arabic name Anis, meaning a close, cheering companion.
Is Enis a girl's or a boy's name?
Enis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Enis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Enis, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Enis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Enis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Enis in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Enis in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Enis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Names like Enis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellis, Harris, Faris, Eli, Elijah, Otis, Elias, Elis, Leo, Noah, Isaac, Henry
Names related to Enis
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Enis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/enis, updated 20 October 2026.