Meaning
Care or protection, in the Arabic Inaya-linked interpretation.
The cited publisher links Anaya with Inaya and describes Anaya as a rare or non-standard form. This interpretation does not settle other cultural histories for the same spelling.
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Anaya
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Origin
Arabic Inaya-linked naming interpretation; other histories remain open.
The publisher provides an Arabic spelling and a classical dictionary citation for this uncommon form. The independent English entry records given-name use but leaves its etymology incomplete. The Spanish surname history remains separate.
English pronunciation
Not yet published for this spelling.
Published name usage
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Girls | 295 · preliminary | 81 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 290 (rounded to 5) | 203 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Girls | 535 | 86 | Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2021 | Girls | 4 | 350 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Girls | 20 | 198 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2025 | Girls | 19 | 226 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 911 | 336 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
Sources & notes
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Language of use: Arabic
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Arabic-derived naming use is documented by the cited exact-name entry. Credit: QuranicNames.com editors, exact Anaya entry. Source: https://quranicnames.com/anaya/. License: source rights retained; no open-data licence asserted. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names wrote a short factual summary, preserving the source’s qualification about this uncommon form. No publisher passages, audio, images, comments or religious quotations reused.
Source rights retained; original factual summary
Language of use: Asturian
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The Asturian entry records female given-name use. This does not establish an Arabic derivation for every bearer. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Anaya entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Anaya&oldid=91390162. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Language of use: English
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The English entry records female given-name use without settling its etymology. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Anaya entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Anaya&oldid=91390162. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Meaning: Care or protection, in the Arabic Inaya-linked interpretation.
Checked against cited source
The cited publisher links Anaya with Inaya and describes Anaya as a rare or non-standard form. This interpretation does not settle other cultural histories for the same spelling. Credit: QuranicNames.com editors, exact Anaya entry. Source: https://quranicnames.com/anaya/. License: source rights retained; no open-data licence asserted. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names wrote a short factual summary, preserving the source’s qualification about this uncommon form. No publisher passages, audio, images, comments or religious quotations reused.
Source rights retained; original factual summary
Pronunciation in the source language: Asturian: /aˈnaʝa/ [aˈna.ʝa]
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Recorded Asturian personal-name reading. Spanish surname pronunciations are not transferred into English personal-name coverage. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Anaya entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Anaya&oldid=91390162. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Nickname: Naya
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The Asturian personal-name section explicitly lists Naya as a diminutive of Anaya. Other Naya naming traditions remain distinct. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Anaya entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Anaya&oldid=91390162. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin: Arabic Inaya-linked naming interpretation; other histories remain open.
Checked against cited source
The publisher provides an Arabic spelling and a classical dictionary citation for this uncommon form. The independent English entry records given-name use but leaves its etymology incomplete. The Spanish surname history remains separate. Credit: QuranicNames.com editors, exact Anaya entry. Source: https://quranicnames.com/anaya/. License: source rights retained; no open-data licence asserted. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names wrote a short factual summary, preserving the source’s qualification about this uncommon form. No publisher passages, audio, images, comments or religious quotations reused.
Source rights retained; original factual summary
Spelling variant: Anaaya
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The cited exact-name entry explicitly links Anaaya with Anaya in this Arabic naming tradition. Spelling-specific popularity and personal pronunciations stay separate. Credit: QuranicNames.com editors, exact Anaya entry. Source: https://quranicnames.com/anaya/. License: source rights retained; no open-data licence asserted. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names wrote a short factual summary, preserving the source’s qualification about this uncommon form. No publisher passages, audio, images, comments or religious quotations reused.
Source rights retained; original factual summary
Spelling variant: Anayah
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The cited exact-name entry explicitly links Anayah with Anaya in this Arabic naming tradition. Spelling-specific popularity and personal pronunciations stay separate. Credit: QuranicNames.com editors, exact Anaya entry. Source: https://quranicnames.com/anaya/. License: source rights retained; no open-data licence asserted. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names wrote a short factual summary, preserving the source’s qualification about this uncommon form. No publisher passages, audio, images, comments or religious quotations reused.
Source rights retained; original factual summary
Spelling variant: Inaya
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The cited exact-name entry explicitly links Inaya with Anaya in this Arabic naming tradition. Spelling-specific popularity and personal pronunciations stay separate. Credit: QuranicNames.com editors, exact Anaya entry. Source: https://quranicnames.com/anaya/. License: source rights retained; no open-data licence asserted. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names wrote a short factual summary, preserving the source’s qualification about this uncommon form. No publisher passages, audio, images, comments or religious quotations reused.
Source rights retained; original factual summary
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Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
(C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
U.S. Social Security Administration
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.