Fun Facts About the Name Anara
- 419 babies named Anara: U.S. records list 419 babies given the name Anara from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Anara Mean?
Anara is a feminine given name whose best-supported meaning is pomegranate. It comes from the Persian word anār (انار), which names the fruit. That word was borrowed into Turkic languages (Kazakh anar, Uzbek anor) and into Hindi and Urdu (anār), and in these languages the fruit word also serves as, or supplies, a personal name; the form Anara adds a final -a. In Persian and Central Asian usage the pomegranate is a customary image of fertility and abundance, so the name's literal sense is the fruit itself, with those associations attached to it.
A second explanation treats the name as coming from the Arabic root n-w-r, which has to do with light (compare anāra, "to illuminate," and names such as Nur). This would give a meaning like "light" or "radiant." It is a plausible reading of the name in Arabic-speaking or Muslim contexts, but it is not as securely tied to the name Anara as the Persian fruit word is, and it may be a later reinterpretation rather than the name's origin.
Anara Name History & Origins
The name spread through the Persian cultural sphere, moving with the Persian language into Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. In Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Anara and the shorter Anar are established women's names, and Uzbekistan uses the closely related Anora. In Hindi- and Urdu-speaking areas, Anara appears as a feminine name connected with anār, the pomegranate.
The pomegranate has been grown in Iran and Central Asia for a very long time and is a common image in the region's poetry and decorative art, which helps explain how a fruit word came to be used as a person's name. The name is not related to the English medieval name Annora, a form of Honora or Eleanor, even though the two sound alike.
How Popular is the Name Anara?
Anara 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 2025. Its best rank was #4,177 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 | #4,177 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2023 | #5,767 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2022 | #6,001 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #5,245 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2020 | #5,869 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #4,265 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 2018 | #7,120 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #6,064 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #5,810 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #6,041 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2014 | #5,633 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2013 | #6,747 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #6,361 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #5,957 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2010 | #7,561 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2009 | #8,489 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2008 | #9,526 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #10,881 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #8,754 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #13,131 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #15,614 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #11,856 | 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.
Explore More Lists with Name Anara
Most Popular Girl Names That Start with A
Short Girl Names That Start with A
How the Name Anara Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
✦ Anara's Deeper Meaning & Tips for Parents Discover Anara's symbolic numbers and practical tips for choosing a name that complements your child's birth date.