Entry № 725 · Dutch origin

Anouk Anouk — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-NOOK /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Dutch
Meaning
"Grace"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Dutch/French)

A name that means "grace".

Anouk is the Dutch and French diminutive of Anna — from the Hebrew Hannah (חַנָּה), meaning "grace." The name has been used in the Netherlands and France since the 19th century.

Grace — a Dutch name.

The name in its native script.

Anouk
Transliteration
Anouk
Pronunciation
/ əˈnuːk /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Anouk stands.

Anouk does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Anouks before her.

Real people
Anouk Aimée
French actress.
1932 – 2024
In fiction
Anouk
Daughter of the heroine in Chocolat.
1999 novel / 2000 film

Names connected to Anouk.

The number behind Anouk.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Anouk reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.