Anu (first name)

Anu is a female and male given name .

Origin and variants

The name is the Finnish and Estonian diminutive of Anna . Other Finnish variants are Anneli , Anni, Anniina , Annikki and Annukka .

As a male given name, it is also the Akkadian , Assyrian and Babylonian form of An and was adopted by the Hurrites and Hittites .

Well-known namesake

• Anu Mänd (* 1968), Estonian historian
• Anu Nieminen (* 1977), Finnish badminton player
• Anu Raghavan (* 1993), Indian hurdler
• Anu Raud (* 1943), Estonian textile and handicraft artist
• Anu Tali (* 1972), Estonian conductor
• Anu Vehviläinen (* 1963), Finnish politician

Well-known namesake

• Anu Garg (* 1967), Indian-American computer scientist
• Anu Malik (* 1960), Indian composer

See also

• Anu

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Anu (1). Retrieved April 23, 2019 . 
2. ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Anu (2). Retrieved April 23, 2019 .