Entry № 784 · Inuit origin

Anyu Anyu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHN-yoo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Inuit
Meaning
"Moon"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Inuktitut)

A name that means "moon".

Anyu is the Inuktitut word for "moon." Used as a feminine name in Inuit communities.

Anyu is rare but distinctive.

Moon. The Inuktitut night sky.

The name in its native script.

Anyu
Transliteration
Anyu
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːn.juː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Anyu stands.

Anyu 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.

Anyus before her.

Real people
Anyu
Inuit name.
In fiction
Anyu
Common in Inuit fiction.

Names connected to Anyu.

The number behind Anyu.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Anyu reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.