Baby name

FADING GIRL · ARABIC
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Aneesa

/ah · NEE · sah/


“Friendly, a friend”

Aneesa is a spelling of the Arabic name also written Anisa, the feminine form of the Arabic name Anis. It means 'friendly, friend', from the Arabic root أنس (ʾanisa), 'to be friendly'.

friendlygentle

How it ages.

A warm virtue name meaning 'friend' - familiar among Arabic and South Asian families, rare outside them.

The cultural moment.

Rare; mostly used in Arabic-, Urdu-, and Dhivehi-speaking families.