Anania (name)

Anania is both a surname and a given name.{{cite book |last=Ekmekdjian |first=M. |title=Les prénoms arméniens |publisher=Editions Parenthèses |series=Collection Arménies |year=1992 |isbn=978-2-86364-068-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=azdPk4CtMx4C&pg=PA14 |language=fr |access-date=13 October 2018 |page=14}}{{cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |authorlink=Patrick Hanks |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=PA37 |access-date=13 October 2018 |page=37}} Notable people with the name include:

• Anania Shirakatsi (610–685), mathematician, astronomer and geographer
• Bartolomeu Anania (1921–2011), bishop, translator, writer and poet
• George Anania (1941–2013), Romanian writer
• Anania Muhingi (born 1994) businessman from Kashenyi Murongo-Karagwe Kagera, Tanzania
• Michael Anania (born 1939), American poet, novelist, and essayist