Anais

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Name: Anais

Gender: Feminine

Origin: Europe

Language: French

Thematic: Biblical

Meaning: God has favored me.

Comments: The French name Anais originated as a Provencal form of Anne. (Provence is a region in south-eastern France adjacent to Italy.) The most famous person named Anais was the Cuban-French writer Anais Nin (1903-1977), who gave this advice on how to pronounce the name: "You just say 'Anna' and then add 'ees', with the accent on the 'ees'" (The Journals of Anais Nin: Volume VII: 1966-1974. London: Peter Owen, 1980, p. 3).