Fun Facts About the Name Amanii
- 186 babies named Amanii: U.S. records list 186 babies given the name Amanii from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Amanii Mean?
Amanii is a spelling variant of the name Amani, which has two separate traditions that look alike in Latin letters. The more widely used is the Swahili name Amani, meaning "peace." Swahili borrowed the word from the Arabic noun amān ("safety, security, peace"), so the literal sense in both languages is security or freedom from harm rather than a symbolic "inner peace."
A distinct Arabic name, أماني (Amānī), is the plural of umniyah ("wish, desire") and means "wishes, aspirations." It comes from the same Arabic root as amān, ʾ-m-n, but it developed as a separate given name with its own meaning. The doubled final i in Amanii is a spelling variation, not a sign of a different origin or a change in meaning.
Amanii Name History & Origins
The Swahili name Amani comes from the Arabic vocabulary that entered the Swahili language through centuries of trade, settlement, and Islamic scholarship along the East African coast. Because amani is an ordinary Swahili word as well as a personal name, it also appears in East African place names and institutions. As a given name, Amani is used in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and neighboring countries, and among Swahili-speaking communities elsewhere.
The Arabic name Amānī is a feminine given name used in Arabic-speaking countries. In Latin-letter transliteration, the long final ī of the Arabic form is sometimes written with a doubled i, which is one likely reason for the Amanii spelling; the pronunciation stays the same as Amani. Beyond East Africa and the Arabic-speaking world, Amani and its variant spellings appear as given names in Europe and North America, where the doubled final vowel is simply an alternative spelling rather than a distinct name with its own documented history.
How Popular is the Name Amanii?
Amanii has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #7,508 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,508 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #7,589 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #8,082 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2022 | #8,054 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2020 | #9,593 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #10,536 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #10,602 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #11,687 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #12,979 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #9,525 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #14,700 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #8,609 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #11,326 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #9,759 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #10,496 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #9,412 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #17,694 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #14,620 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #13,605 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Amanii Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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