Fun Facts About the Name Anshi
- 174 babies named Anshi: U.S. records list 174 babies given the name Anshi from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Anshi Mean?
Anshi is a feminine given name used mainly in India, most often explained as a feminine form of the male name Ansh, from Sanskrit aṃśa (अंश), meaning "part," "portion," or "share." Its literal sense is "a part" or "one who is a portion." The devotional reading sometimes given, "a part of the whole" or "a part of God," is a customary interpretation of that same word rather than a separate etymology.
Some name lists also give the meaning "sunbeam" or "ray of light," which would point to a different Sanskrit word, aṃśu (अंशु), meaning "ray," "filament," or "the sun." Because aṃśa and aṃśu are distinct words, it is uncertain whether the "sunbeam" sense rests on a genuine derivation or only on the closeness of the two names in sound and spelling.
Anshi Name History & Origins
Anshi belongs to a set of Indian personal names built on the Sanskrit word aṃśa, "part" or "share." The masculine Ansh is common in Hindi-speaking northern and western India, and Anshi serves as the matching feminine form, written अंशी in Devanagari and transliterated into Latin letters in several ways. Related feminine spellings include Aanshi and Anshika. The similar-looking names Anshu and Anshul come from Sanskrit aṃśu, "ray," so they belong to a different word family.
The name is used across several Indian languages and communities rather than being tied to one region or religious tradition, and its Latin spelling varies. The spelling Anshi also occurs in Chinese as a given name, as in the Song dynasty statesman Wang Anshi (王安石), where 安 means "peace" and 石 means "stone." That Chinese name has a separate origin and is not related to the Indian name.
How Popular is the Name Anshi?
Anshi 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 2008. Its best rank was #8,575 in 2008.
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 | #11,029 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #11,160 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #15,396 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #11,316 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #9,020 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #13,602 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #10,632 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #10,026 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #11,936 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #9,594 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #9,676 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #8,678 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #8,673 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2010 | #11,347 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #13,862 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #8,575 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #9,601 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #16,723 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #14,350 | 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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