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Infobox given name2| name = Anaïs| gender = Female| language = Persian| meaning = "Goddess of Love" |alternative spelling=Anaís, Anais, Annais, Anaïse|variant = Anaise, Anaiss, Anays, Anayss, Naïs Anaïs , Anaís or Anais , ( ah-nah-iss ), is a female given name. Some say it is derived from the Persian goddess of love, Anahita , or its Armenian counterpart, Anahit ; others see it as a Provençal and Catalan language|Catalan derivation of Anne .
Since about 1985, the name Anaïs is especially popular in France, where there are seven to ten times more women named Anaïs than Anne .cn|date=October 2011 It was the third most popular name for women in 1993.cn|date=October 2011 There is no account of the name in France before the middle of the nineteenth century, when it is traceable in Provence and Catalonia. The diminutive form Naïs was also used in a novel by Marcel Pagnol .
In Hebrew, the name Anais means "grace".
Anais , Anaís or Anaïs can refer to:
People
;Music
Anaïs (singer) , real name Régine Hantelle, a French female singer, also part of duo Alice et Anais and the duo Anais et Didier Barbelivien
Anaís (born 1984), Dominican Latin pop singer, winner of the second season of Objetivo Fama
Anaïs Croze (born 1976), French singer, known as just Anaïs
Anaïs Lameche (born 1987), Swedish singer
Anaïs Mitchell , American singer-songwriter
Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (1836 & ndash; 1878), French composer
;Actors / directors
Anais Granofsky (born 1973), Canadian actress and director
Anaïs Reboux (born 1987), a French actress
;Fashion
Anais Catala , Iraqi-French model
Anais Mali , French model
Anaïs Pouliot (born 1991), French-Canadian high fashion model
Anaïs Veerapatren (born 1986), Miss Mauritius 2008
;Literature
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977), Cuban-French writer
;Sports
Anaïs Morand (born 1993), Swiss pair skater
Anaïs Laurendon (born 1985), French professional tennis player
