Meaning: A modern name built on Anna ('grace') with an -iah ending. It also echoes the biblical Anaiah, a Hebrew name meaning 'the Lord has answered', borne by a man in the Book of Nehemiah. Which route a family has in mind is not fixed. Routes uncertain, which we note.Low
In 30 seconds: A modern Anna name with a biblical echo: Annaiah recalls Anaiah, 'the Lord has answered' (said 'uh-NY-uh').
MeaningA modern name built on Anna ('grace') with an -iah ending. It also echoes the biblical Anaiah, a Hebrew name meaning 'the Lord has answered', borne by a man in the Book of Nehemiah. Which route a family has in mind is not fixed. Routes uncertain, which we note.
Annaiah stands where two things meet: the ancient Hebrew name Anaiah, 'the Lord has answered', and the modern American habit of extending Anna with an -iah ending. We can name both without pretending to know which one a family means. Routes uncertain, which we note (said 'uh-NY-uh').
It is rare for girls in the U.S. Rare, lilting, and modern.
Did you know? There is a biblical Anaiah — Hebrew for 'the Lord has answered' — though in scripture it belongs to a man. Annaiah today reads as a modern Anna-based girls' name, and the routes are uncertain, which we note honestly (said 'uh-NY-uh').
Overall data confidence 30%
References — Annaiah — Modern Anna-based coinage; biblical Anaiah ('the Lord has answered') echo
