Aniza
Anizah or Anazah is an Arabian tribe in the Arabian Peninsula, Upper Mesopotamia, and the Levant.
Meaning & Origin of Aniza
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Anizah or Anazah is an Arabian tribe in the Arabian Peninsula, Upper Mesopotamia, and the Levant.
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The Story of Aniza
The earliest SSA record of Aniza as a baby girl name dates back to 1993, when 7 babies received it. 2000 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Aniza — #7,578 in the national rankings. About 58% of every Aniza on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Aniza last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 134 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Aniza
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Al-Qarid Al-Anzi [ ar ] , chieftain of the Rabi`ah tribes in Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Rabi` ibn Al-Afkal [ ar ] , Rashidun commander and governor of Mosul during the reign of Omar
- Matar ibn Hilal Al-Anzi [ ar ] , companion of Muhammad
- Talq ibn Habib Al-Anzi [ ar ] , tābi and hadith narrator
- Yahya ibn ʿUmar Al-Anezī, military leader of the Abbasid Caliphate
- Harith al-Muhasibi , Muslim scholar and founder of the Baghdad School of Islamic philosophy
- Abu al-Atahiya , Abbasid Classical poet
- Abu Saeed bin Al-Arabi [ ar ] , Sunni Sufi Master and Imam of al-Masjid al-Haram in the 10th century AD
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Names that sound like Aniza
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About the name Aniza
Aniza is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 134 births in the dataset. Aniza's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #7,578. Use the chart and map above to compare Aniza's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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