Anasa (Name)

Anasa (transliteration: Anasah, Arabic: أنسة)  is an Arabic name for girls that means “to be cultured”, “to be genteel”, “to be civilized”.¹ It also means “to feel comforted”, “to lack fear and worry”, related in meaning to the boy name Anas.² Anasa may also be spelled as Anasah.

There is one Sahabiyyah (Companion of the Prophet Muhammad ) named Anasa:

• Anasa (freed slave of the Prophet Muhammad ) أنَسَة مولى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Below is the name Anasa written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Anasa written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes by Reinhart Dozy (d. 1883 CE), entry for أنس.
2. Lisaan al-Arab by Ibn Manzur (d. 1311 CE), entry for أنس.