The baby name Anupa is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced uh-NOO-pah (/əˈnuːpə/).
Anupa is Sanskrit in Origin.
The baby name Anupa is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced uh-NOO-pah (/əˈnuːpə/).
Anupa is Sanskrit in Origin.
Anupa is an Indic given name from Sanskrit ānūpa (आनूप), a term for “riverine, marshy, or waterside” lands; by extension it evokes one who dwells near water or embodies fluid grace. In contemporary use it also functions as a clipped form of Anupama, yielding the widely understood meaning “incomparable, unique.” The name is unisex - more often feminine in India and Nepal, and frequently masculine in Sri Lanka under Sinhala influence.
The word ānūpa appears in classical sources describing geography and climate zones, such as Ayurvedic texts that classify wetland regions, which helped the term persist in learned and poetic vocabulary. Used as a personal name across North and South India in the modern period, Anupa remains modestly used today. Variants and cognates include Anūpā (Sanskrit form), Anup, Anupam (m.), and Anupama/Anupamaa (f.); common nickname: Anu.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | 0 | #19 | 1 | 644 | |
| GE | Boys | 0 | #110 | 1 | 2,055 |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #251 | 1 | 6,592 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #259 | 1 | 3,997 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #299 | 18 | 15,378 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #302 | 2 | 7,909 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #329 | 1 | 7,429 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #359 | 4 | 8,539 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #398 | 9 | 8,413 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #419 | 6 | 15,987 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #538 | 16 | 20,968 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #553 | 9 | 19,177 |
| BH | 0 | #580 | 8 | 17,937 | |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #582 | 50 | 13,121 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #737 | 7 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #804 | 3 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #825 | 2 | 15,093 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #917 | 19 | 25,931 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,034 | 6 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,066 | 7 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,136 | 8 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,601 | 14 | 28,008 |
Anupa is popular in 21 countries — most recent births per country:
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