Anakin

ANA: Mother in Turkish
KIN: family, Root, Relation

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Mother-family

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You know Anakin Skywalker does not have a father!

Anakin means giant in biblical terms, or could be interpreted as strong or healthy, much like the Japanese form of Ken.

I'm wondering if this name was derived from Anakim, a Biblical reference to a race that vanished from biblical history.

CLARIFICATION, so people don't kid themselves:

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"Anakin didn’t exist as a name until George Lucas invented it for Star Wars."
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/should-you-name-your-baby-Anakin-the-rising-126090493232.html

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Don't see it in Sanskrit, nor "Native American" [there exists way more than 1 Native American language btw; Native American is a category, not a specific language]:
http://tamilcube.com/babynames/sanskrit-baby-names.aspx?baby=g&term=A

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"ANNEKEN" is a GIRL'S name, not associated with "Anakin" - which is exclusively created from pop culture.
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Anneken

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"Warrior" has been ascribed to "Anakin" in recent years (as Anakin Skywalker is a warrior) ONLY in America:
http://www.meaning-of-names.com/search/index.asp?nm=warrior&stype=1

This name could also be the name Anniken (http://www.behindthename.com/name/anniken) with the spelling changed.

May come from Greek goddess Anánkē. The goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity. Something Anakin from Star Wars is.

George Lucas has said his friend's name being Annakin is simply a coincidence, and any connection between them should be treated as unsubstantiated rumour by this website.

Nicknames with the suffix -kin seems to have been used in medieval English (at least according to this site). Wilkin was a nickname for William, Hopkin was a nickname for Hob (Robert), Larkin was a nickname for Lawrence, etc. So I guess Anakin (well, Annakin) could have been a nickname for something in medieval English. A diminutive of Andrew, perhaps?

One source says that Anakin may come from "an akin" - as in "peerless", or "without equal".

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Love the name BTW, but just because I'm such a Star Wars-nerd, I could never use it. It would just be too strange.

Anakin is Sanskrit for "warrior".

Someone told me that in Latin or something, it means "without family" which is fitting for the character of Anakin Skywalker.

According to the Free Online Dictionary, the name (not the surname) means "warrior."

While we know the origin is from a friend of George Lucas', it should also be noted that there was once a group of people the Jews defeated named the "Anakim" or "Anakims." These people were referred to as giants. (Deuteronomy 2:10-11 – "10. The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; 11. Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.") Ironically, Anakin Skywalker (or Darth Vader) from Star Wars was also referred to as a giant of a man in many of the books. Therefore, the name could be used to mean a giant-like or generally tall person.

According to A Dictionary of English Surnames by Reaney & Wilson, Annakin is a surname from Yorkshire, England, that goes back to the Norman French name Anketin, itself a form of the Old Norse name Askell or Asketill, "divine cauldron".

The inspiration of the name is not from a biblical tribe, but a friend and fellow director, Ken Annakin, of George Lukas. [noted -ed]