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أَنِيسَة
Anisa
a-NEE-sa
“Friendly, companion.”
About Anisa
Anisa is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "friendly, companion" — an Arabic-Indonesian name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root أ-ن-س meaning 'to be sociable, friendly'. Common across Arab and Indonesian families.
Common across Arab, Indonesian, and South Asian families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic · Indonesian
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Aneesa, Anissa
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Anisa is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Anisa
- What does the name Anisa mean?
- Anisa (أَنِيسَة) means "Friendly, companion". From the Arabic root أ-ن-س meaning 'to be sociable, friendly'. Common across Arab and Indonesian families.
- Is Anisa a name from the Qur'an?
- Anisa does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic-Indonesian name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Anisa a boy or a girl name?
- Anisa is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Anisa come from?
- Anisa is an Arabic-Indonesian name, built on the root letters ʾ-N-S. Common across Arab, Indonesian, and South Asian families.
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