Anu (name)
Anu is a given name and surname found independently in several cultures. The Indian name is a short form of Anuradha, Anurag, Anubhooti, etc. The Finnish name is derived from the Karelian variant of the name Anna, which became popular in Finland after Kersti Bergroth's play Anu ja Mikko of 1932.
Notable persons
Given name
Indian origin
- Anu Aga (born 1942), Indian businesswoman and social worker
- Anu Aggarwal (born 1969), former Indian model and actress
- Anu Aiyengar, finance professional
- Anu Anand, Indian Tamil-language actress and playback singer
- Anu Choudhury (born 1979), Indian actress
- Anu Elizabeth Jose, Indian Malayalam-language lyricist
- Anu Garg (born 1967), American author and speaker
- Anu Hasan (born 1968), Indian Tamil-language actress and TV anchor
- Anu Lama, Nepalese women's footballer
- Anu Malhotra (born 1961), Indian film-maker
- Anu Malik (born 1960), Indian Hindi-language music director and singer
- Anu Mohan, Indian Malayalam-language actor
- Anu Mohan (Tamil actor), Indian actor and film maker
- Anu Muhammad (born 1956), Bangladeshi economist and political activist
- Anu Prabhakar (born 1980), Indian Kannada-language actress
- Anu Ramamoorthy, Malaysian actress and model
- Anu Ramdas (born 1980), interdisciplinary artist living in Denmark
- Anu Singh (born 1972), Australian convicted of the manslaughter of her boyfriend, later became criminologist
- Anu Vaidyanathan (born 1983 or 1984), Indian triathlete
Finnish or Estonian origin
- Anu Kaljurand (born 1969), Estonian hurdler
- Anu Koivisto (born 1980), Finnish backstroke swimmer
- Anu Lamp (born 1958), Estonian actress
- Anu Nieminen (born 1977), Finnish female badminton player
- Anu Palevaara (born 1971), Finnish actress, choreographer and dancer
- Anu Realo (born 1971), Estonian psychologist
- Anu Tali (born 1972), Estonian conductor
- Anu Vehviläinen (born 1963), Finnish former Minister of Transport
- Anu Välba (born 1974), Estonian TV and radio host
- Anu Viheriäranta (born 1982), Finnish ballet dancer
Other
- Anu Solomon (born 1994), American footballer (Hawaiian)
- Queen Anu (died 1696), Mongolian noblewoman and warrior
- Anu Namshir (born 1991), Mongolian miss and model
- Neferkamin Anu, ancient Egyptian pharaoh
- Anu or A Nu, a character in the video game The Legend of Sword and Fairy
Surname
- Christine Anu (born 1970), Australian pop singer
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Anu
- All pages with titles containing Anu
- Anu (disambiguation)
- Ant (name)
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