| Gender | Male - Female |
|---|---|
| Other gender | |
| Feminine | Anisa |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Genial, close friend[1] |
| Other names | |
| Variant form | Enis |
Anis (Arabic: أنيس) is a male given name.
In the Balkans, Anis is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. It is also popular among Albanians, and North Africans. The name is a modification to the name Enis, and it holds the same meanings of "genial" and "close friend."
The female equivalent to Anis is Anissa or Anisa (for example, Anisa Guajardo).
In Iran, Anis is a girl's name.
People
[edit]In arts
[edit]- Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, German rapper known as Bushido (born 1978)
- Anis Kachohi (born 1977), French country singer
- Anis Mojgani (born 1977), American spoken-word poet
- Anis Nagi (1939–2010), Pakistani poet
- Anis Shimada, lead singer of the Japanese band Monoral
- Mir Babar Ali Anis (1802–1874), Urdu poet from northern India
- Anees Bazmee (born 1962), Indian filmmaker
In sport
[edit]- Anis Ahmed (born 1973), field hockey player
- Anis Ananenka (born 1985), Belarusian middle-distance runner
- Anis Ayari (born 1982), Tunisian footballer
- Anis Boussaïdi (born 1981), Tunisian footballer
- Anis Mehmeti (born 2001), English footballer of Albanian descent
- Anis Riahi (born 1971), Tunisian decathlete
- Anis Selmouni (born 1979), Moroccan athlete
- Anis Hadj Moussa (born 2002), Algerian footballer
In other fields
[edit]- Anis Ahmad (born 1944), Pakistani social scientist, educationist and professor
- Anis Ahmed (military officer) (born 1947), Pakistani military officer
- Anis Haffar, educational theorist, teacher, columnist and author
- Anis Kaimkhani, Pakistani politician
- Anis al-Naqqash (1951–2021), Lebanese political analyst
- Anis Shorrosh (1933–2018), Palestinian Evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor
- Mohammed Mohiedin Anis (born 1947), Syrian car collector
See also
[edit]- SS Anis, a coastal tanker
- Ani (bird)
- A short form of Anisette, anise-flavored liqueur
- Anisa (disambiguation) or Anieca, female forms of the name
- Anisur Rahman (disambiguation)
References
[edit]- ^ "Anis name meaning". She Knows. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
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