Baby name
FADING
🇦🇷 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 Anissa
/uh · NISS · uh/
Meaning
“Friendly or welcoming”
Arabic/Hebrew variant of Anisa/Anis; meaning 'friendly' or 'welcoming'; cross-cultural spelling.
Nicknames
ani · nissa
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
1990s-2000s variant spelling trend; now perceived as dated; moderate adoption in multicultural communities.
The cultural moment.
Declining post-2010; associated with 1990s-2000s variant trend; under 100 annual US births.