Anni

Locally spelled Annie in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Anni, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Nikki
• Greta
• Dani
• Frida
• Beth
• Bee
• Benny
• Bridget
• Barbara
• Allie
• Anika
• Christina

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Anni is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name34 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Denmark, Australia

  Languages: German, English, Danish

  Also written Änni, Aenni, An-Ni, Ann-I, Anni'

• Spanish given name20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Annï, Ännï, Anní, Anñi, Âňňî

• Hindi given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Finland, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Änni

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written An̲n̲i, An-Ni

• Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Anni

• French given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Finland, United States, Belgium

  Also written Ànni, Ãnnï

• Bulgarian given name13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bulgaria, Russia, Finland, Croatia

  Languages: Bulgarian, Russian, Croatian

  Also written Анни, Annî

• Italian given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Finland, Peru

  Also written Annì, Änni, An̲n̲i, Ãnnî

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Anni is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Icelandic, first-person singular active present subjunctive of anna

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Estonian, genitive singular of and

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, inflection of annus:

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In aa, which?

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In lex, wind

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Anni Albersb. 1899DEGerman-American textile artist, weaver and graphic designer, student and teacher at the Bauhaus (1899–1994)
• Anni Holdmannb. 1900DEGerman sprinter (1900–1960)
• Anni Rehbornb. 1904DEGerman swimmer (1904-1986)
• Anni Blomqvistb. 1909FIwriter from Åland (1909–1990)
• Anni Steuerb. 1913DEOlympic hurler
• Helena Takalob. 1947FInot in their usual nameFinnish cross-country skier
• Rosa Liksomb. 1958FInot in their usual nameFinnish writer (born 1958)
• Anni Sinnemäkib. 1973FIFinnish politician and poet
• Anni Friesinger-Postmab. 1977DEGerman speed skater
• Anni Esparb. 1993ESSpanish water polo player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Anni mean, and where does it come from?

weibl. Vom., Koseform von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.

In which country does Anni have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 116 thousand people named Annie, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Anni most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Anni is densest in Finland — about 1 in 280 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

What are other forms of the name Anni?

In the etymology graph, Ana, Ann and Nancy are forms of the same name in other languages; Niina is a recorded short or pet form.

Is Anni a male or female name?

Anni is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Finland (DVV), Denmark (Danmarks Statistik), Brazil (IBGE, 2022) and United States (Census Bureau, 2020), among others.

How common is the name Anni?

In Finland, the national register counted 19,870 people named Anni, about 1 in 280 residents.

How common is Anni compared with other names?

In the United States, Anni is the 340th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.