Anelia
A Greek name meaning grace, at root a pet form of Anna. Only about 115 women in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one.
Anelia Pronunciation
Anelia is pronounced ah-NEL-yah (/aˈnɛlja/).
What Anelia means
Where Anelia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Anelia grows from Greek soil, a form that leads back to Anna and the old sense of grace. Its Polish meaning keeps that thread: wdzięczna, pełna wdzięku, a girl full of charm and favor.
Poland knew the fuller variant, Aniela, long before Anelia took its slimmer shape. From Aniela came the everyday Nela, the form a child answers to on the playground. Anelia sits between the two, close to Anna and to the softer music of Aniela.
Grace here was never a verdict on how a girl behaves. The sense came from Anna, whose name in the older tradition meant favor granted, and Anelia inherits it.
Picture a class register in a Polish school, the teacher reading down the column. Anelia answers once. The forms stay close: Anelia, Aniela, Nela.
How many people are named Anelia
1 in 196033 women in Poland is named Anelia. 115 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3152 among female names.
Anelia's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where parents choose Anelia
Anelia is most popular in Lower Silesian, 1275% above the national average (3 girls born 2019–2025).
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Lower Silesian
+1,275%1 in 52,378 babies
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Lower Silesian+1,275% 3 born1 in 52,378 babies+1,275%
Anelia as a middle name
Anelia is a first name for 115 women in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 96/4 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3498th, between Andzia (5) and Angelita (5).
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#3496 Andra5
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#3497 Andzia5
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#3498 Anelia5
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#3499 Angelita5
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#3500 Anka5