Kaneez
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-NEEZ
- Origin
- Persian
Kaneez is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “maidservant”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kaneez mean?
Persian: Persian kaniz, used in Urdu
“maidservant”
Often the first part of Kaneez Fatima, a common Pakistani name meaning maidservant of Fatima.
Is Kaneez a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaneez is a girls' name.
How popular is Kaneez in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kaneez in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaneez in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
Names like Kaneez
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Farah Maham Zainab Safaa Hafsa Mahsa Khairah Faiza Yasmin Naz Safa
More Persian names
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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, “Kaneez: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaneez, updated 20 October 2026.