NAME PROFILE
Annis
A variant of the Yiddish name Hershel, meaning 'deer'. This name suggests a person who is gentle, graceful, and possesses a natural agility and spirited heart.
Key Stats
| Total births | 2,921 |
| Gender | Female (0% / 100%) |
| Peak year | 1917 |
| Peak generation | G.I. Gen |
| First recorded | 1910 |
| Most recent | 1952 |
| Syllables | 2 |
| Origin | — |
| Comeback name | No |
Popularity Trend (1910–2025)
19102025
Top States
TN — 30%NC — 21%TX — 16%GA — 16%AL — 16%
Notable People
Herschel Walker (Professional athlete and Heisman Trophy winner) · Herschell Gordon Lewis (Influential filmmaker known as the Godfather of Gore) · Herschel Bernardi (Acclaimed stage and screen actor in Fiddler on the Roof) · Herschel Weingrod (Successful screenwriter of Trading Places) · William Herschel (Renowned astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus)
Nicknames & Diminutives
HershHersheyShelly
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