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{{Infobox given name
| name = Anis
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| gender = Male
| feminine = Anisa
| meaning = Genial, close friend{{cite web|title=Anis name meaning|url=http://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/anis|website=She Knows|accessdate=25 August 2014}}
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| related names =
| variant = Enis
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Anis ({{langx|ar|أنيس|link=yes}}) is a male given name.
In the Balkans, Anis is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. It is also popular among Albanians. The name is a modification to the name Enis, and it holds the same meanings of "genial" and "close friend."
The female equivalent to Anis is Anisa (for example, Anisa Guajardo).
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People
=In arts=
- Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, German rapper known as Bushido (born 1978)
- Anis Kachohi (born 1977), French country singer
- Anis Mojgani (born 1977), American spoken-word poet
- Anis Nagi (1939–2010), Pakistani poet
- Anis Shimada, lead singer of the Japanese band Monoral
- Mir Babar Ali Anis (1802–1874), Urdu poet from northern India
- Anees Bazmee (born 1962), Indian filmmaker
=In sport=
- Anis Ahmed (born 1973), field hockey player
- Anis Ananenka (born 1985), Belarusian middle-distance runner
- Anis Ayari (born 1982), Tunisian footballer
- Anis Boussaïdi (born 1981), Tunisian footballer
- Anis Mehmeti (born 2001), English footballer of Albanian descent
- Anis Riahi (born 1971), Tunisian decathlete
- Anis Selmouni (born 1979), Moroccan athlete
- Anis Hadj Moussa (born 2002), Algerian footballer
=In other fields=
- Anis Ahmad (born 1944), Pakistani social scientist, educationist and professor
- Anis Ahmed (military officer) (born 1947), Pakistani military officer
- Anis Haffar, educational theorist, teacher, columnist and author
- Anis Kaimkhani, Pakistani politician
- Anis al-Naqqash (1951-2021), Lebanese political analyst
- Anis Shorrosh (1933–2018), Palestinian Evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor
- Mohammed Mohiedin Anis (born 1947), Syrian car collector
See also
- {{SS|Anis}}, a coastal tanker
- Ani (bird)
- A short form of Anisette, anise-flavored liqueur
- Anisa (disambiguation) or Anieca, female forms of the name
- Anisur Rahman (disambiguation)