MEANING & HISTORY
What does Anipay mean?
Anipay is explicitly recorded as a Cebuano feminine given name from the word anipay. Wolff’s Cebuano dictionary independently identifies that word as a vine, Mucuna nigricans, with hairy pods.
The plant identification verifies the word sense; the separate given-name entry supplies the naming relationship. It should not be confused with ani, harvest, merely from similar letters.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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CebuanoEtymology & source
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Anipay in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Anipay
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Anita♀Spanish diminutive of Ana
- Ipay♀Maripaz with the familiar ending ay
- An-an♀Reduplicated familiar form from Ann/Ana-related names
- Ana♀Grace or favour
- Andal·She who rules; Tamil devotional epithet
- Andoy♂Cebuano diminutive of Andrew
- Andy♂♀Familiar form of Andrew or Andrea
- Aniela♀Messenger, through Angela
What rhymes with Anipay?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Anipay further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Anipay (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- John U. Wolff — A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan (Cornell, 1972), anipay (opens in a new tab)
Actually downloaded full dictionary and read anchored entry: vine identified as Mucuna nigricans. Word identification separately corroborates explicit qualified name-from-word account; no claim dictionary alone proves given-name use.