Name meaning & stats
Anahit
Anahit means “grace, gracious” (French origin). 386 US babies since 1940, peak 2004. Notable Anahits are 1.8× over-represented as poets.
What it means
“grace, gracious”
FrenchSpelling of Annette
Annette around the world
- Аннетт · Russian
- Аннетт · Ukrainian
- أنيت · Arabic
- אנט · Hebrew
- アネッテ · Japanese
- 安内特 · Chinese
- Annett
- Anaïs · Catalan
- Anete · Latvian
- Annaig · Breton
Famous Annettes
- Annette Bening · American actress (born 1958)
- Annette von Droste-Hülshoff · German composer and writer (1797–1848)
- Annette Kellermann · Australian swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress and writer (1887–197
- Annette O'Toole · American actress (born 1952)
Annette’s name day
- December 9 · Norway
- September 9 · Sweden
In US birth records
Peak year: 2004
386 US babies were named Anahit between 1940 and 2025.
Anahit around the world
- France: 125 babies since 1900, peak 2020, No. 3,142 in 2025
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Anahits end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Writer | 1.4× | Low · 6 people |
| Poet | 1.8× | Low · 5 people |
| Actor | 0.8× | Low · 3 people |
| Singer | 1.1× | Low · 3 people |
Among notable women who are poets, Anahits show up 1.8× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
Other spellings
1 in 375 Annettes spell it Anahit
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2004)