Anaïs (given name)
Anaïs, Anaís, or Anais is a female given name.
People with the given name
In literature
- Anaïs Nin, 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), real name Régine Hantelle, a French female singer, also part of duo Alice et Anaïs and the duo Anaïs et Didier Barbelivien
- Anaís, Dominican Latin pop singer, winner of the second season of Objetivo Fama
- Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer
- Anaïs Mitchell, American singer-songwriter and musician
- Anaïs Perrière-Pilte, French composer
- Anaís Vivas, Venezuelan singer
In film and theater
- Anaís (actress), Mexican actress
- Anaïs Aubert, known as Mademoiselle Anaïs, French actress
- Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Canadian actress, film director, and screenwriter
- Anaïs Delva, French singer and actress
- Anaïs Demoustier, French actress
- Anaïs Fargueil, French actress
- Anais Granofsky, Canadian actress, screenwriter, producer and director
- Anaïs Perrière-Pilte, French composer
In fashion
- Anais Catala, Iraqi-French model
- Anais Mali, French model
- Anais Pouliot, Canadian model
- Anaïs Veerapatren, Mauritian beauty pageant
In sports
- Anaïs Bescond, French biathlete
- Anaïs Caradeux, French skier
- Anaïs Chevalier, French biathlete
- Anais García Balmaña, Spanish Paralympic swimmer
- Anaïs Lagougine, French rugby union player
- Anaïs Laurendon, French tennis player
- Anaïs Michel, French weightlifter
- Anaïs Morand, Swiss figure skater
- Anaïs Laurendon, French tennis player
- Anais Oyembo, Gabonese sprinter
- Anaïs Ventard, French figure skater
- Anaïs Vincent, French Para-cyclist
In other fields
- Anaïs Baydemir, French-Turkish journalist and weather presenter
- Anaïse Kanimba, Rwandan activist
- Anaïs Napoleón, French-Spanish photographer
- Anaïs Toudouze, 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!
- 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, also known as sparkling violetear, is a species of hummingbird