Anah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Anah

What is the meaning of the name Anah ?

The baby name Anah is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced AH-nah,uh-NAH.

Anah is Arabic, Hebrew, Persian in Origin.

Anah is a biblical Semitic name from Hebrew ʿAnah (ענה), tied to the root ʿnh. In Hebrew this root can mean “to answer, respond,” giving the interpretation “answer” or “response”; some scholars note an alternate root meaning “afflict,” yielding the rarer reading “affliction.” The name appears with both masculine and feminine potential in antiquity, and today it is generally used for girls while remaining technically unisex.

Found in Genesis 36 within the Seirite/Edomite genealogy, Anah is linked to a chief credited with discovering hot springs in the wilderness (or mules, per some translations). Outside scripture the name saw little continuous use, reemerging in modern times as a distinctive, minimalist choice that happens to echo Ana/Anna - similar in sound but etymologically separate from Hebrew Channah (“grace”). Variants and spellings sometimes seen are Annah and Ahnah; it also overlaps phonetically with Ana/Anna. Informal diminutives include Ani and Anni.