Girl · Hebrew, through Hungarian
Anikó
Say it: AW-nee-koh
Meaning
A Hungarian diminutive of Anna, from Hebrew Hannah 'grace, favour'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A pet form of Anna that became an independent given name and was widely used in mid-20th-century Hungary.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 159 babies given this name since 1970
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 69,500 girls
- 31 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Anna |
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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