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Gender: Female Pronunciation: a-NEES Meaning of Annis: "pure, virginal" Origin of Annis: Variation of Agnes

Annis Origin and Meaning

The name Annis is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pure, virginal".

Annis and Anice are both antique variations of Agnes that have fallen out of use, perhaps because of pronunciation problems. Annis sounds more like Denise than like Janice, but the problem arises if it's pronounced AY-nis. No.

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Annis Keith, youngest sister of Millie Keith of the A Life of Faith book series
Black Annis, bogeyman figure in English folklore
This was the medieval pronunciation of Agnes.

Comments

autumnreverie Says:

2016-02-09T06:23:43

Anus. That is all.

clairels Says:

2015-09-17T01:39:51

Slightly better than Anis, but still likely to be mispronounced in the worst possible way.

ambg Says:

2014-05-27T23:23:57

Sorry to say, this just makes me think "anus".