Anis
From Greek, meaning "friend" or "friendly". Fewer than 200 people in Poland carry it, nearly all of them men, so most Poles have never met one.
Anis Pronunciation
Anis is pronounced AH-nyees (/ˈaɲis/).
What Anis means
Where Anis comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Anis reaches Polish through two sources that rarely meet on one name. The form is Greek in origin, while the sense that clings to it is Arabic, where Anīs means a friendly companion, someone whose presence puts a room at ease. In Polish reference books the meaning comes out as przyjazny, towarzyski. Friend, friendly.
That double parentage helps explain why the name sits lightly. It is short. Two syllables, no hard consonant clusters, easy for a Polish speaker to manage on first hearing. On a school class register between Antoni and Aniela, Anis needs little explanation.
The friendliness is not decoration on top. In Arabic the root points toward intimacy and good company, the plain opposite of loneliness. So the name arrives already introducing its bearer as easy to be near. In Polish that reduces to a single word: towarzyski.
How many people are named Anis
1 in 135102 men in Poland is named Anis. 163 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2527 among male names.
Anis's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Anis as a middle name
Anis is a first name for 163 men in Poland and a middle name for another 21, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1905th, between Andżelo (21) and Aras (21).
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#1903 Agung21
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#1904 Andżelo21
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#1905 Anis21
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#1906 Aras21
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#1907 Armani21