# Anaïs (given name)

Anaïs, Anaís, or Anais (French:) is a female given name.

## People with the given name
### In literature

* Anaïs Nin (writer) (1903–1977), real name Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, a French-Cuban-American diarist, essayist, novelist and writer of short stories and erotica
* Marjorie Anaïs Housepian Dobkin, Armenian-American writer and professor

### In music

* Anaïs (singer) (born 1965), real name Régine Hantelle, a French female singer, also part of duo Alice et Anaïs and the duo Anaïs et Didier Barbelivien
* Anaís (born 1984), Dominican Latin pop singer, winner of the second season of Objetivo Fama
* Anaïs Lameche (born 1987), Swedish singer
* Anaïs Mitchell (born 1981), American singer-songwriter and musician
* Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (1836–1878), French composer
* Anaís Vivas (born 1989), Venezuelan singer

### In film and theater

* Anaís (actress) (born 1974), Mexican actress
* Anaïs Aubert, known as Mademoiselle Anaïs (1802–1871), French actress
* Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (born 1979), Canadian actress, film director, and screenwriter
* Anaïs Delva (born 1986), French singer and actress
* Anaïs Demoustier (born 1987), French actress
* Anaïs Fargueil (1819–1896), French actress
* Anais Granofsky (born 1973), Canadian actress, screenwriter, producer and director
* Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (1809–1878), French composer

### In fashion

* Anais Catala, Iraqi-French model
* Anais Mali (born 1991), French model
* Anais Pouliot (born 1991), Canadian model
* Anaïs Veerapatren (born 1986), Mauritian beauty pageant

### In sports

* Anaïs Bescond (born 1987), French biathlete
* Anaïs Caradeux (born 1990), French skier
* Anaïs Chevalier (born 1993), French biathlete
* Anais García Balmaña (born 1980), Spanish Paralympic swimmer
* Anaïs Lagougine (born 1988), French rugby union player
* Anaïs Laurendon (born 1985), French tennis player
* Anaïs Michel (born 1988), French weightlifter
* Anaïs Morand (born 1993), Swiss figure skater
* Anaïs Laurendon (born 1985), French tennis player
* Anais Oyembo (born 1980), Gabonese sprinter
* Anaïs Ventard (born 1996), French figure skater
* Anaïs Vincent (born 2000), French Para-cyclist

### In other fields

* Anaïs Baydemir (born 1979), French-Turkish journalist and weather presenter
* Anaïs Napoleón (1831–1912), French-Spanish photographer
* Anaïs Toudouze (1822–1899), French artist and fashion illustrator

### Fictional characters

* Madame Anaïs, brothel-keeper in the 1928 novel Belle de Jour and the 1967 film of the same name
* Anaïs, portrayed by Anaïs Reboux in the film À ma sœur! (2001)
* Anais Watterson, in the animated series The Amazing World of Gumball
* Anais, the Latin American dub name for Fuu of Magic Knight Rayearth
* Saint Anais, Living Saint of Sisters of Battle Order of the Sacred Rose, in the video game Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm
* Anais, illegitimate daughter of King Foltest in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings video game
* Anais Adler, portrayed by Eve O'Brien in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 21, episode 8).
* Anais Barnes-Gaines, the daughter of Sheryll Barnes and Charlotte Gaines on FBI: Most Wanted
* Anais Six, one of the guardians―godlike computer programmes―in Railhead by Phillip Reeve.

## Wildlife

* Colibri d'Anaïs (Fr), also known as sparkling violetear (Colibri coruscans), is a species of hummingbird