Save Gender Feminine Usage Spanish, American (Hispanic) Pronounced Pron. a-na-LEE-a(Spanish) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Contraction of Analucía. It was used for the title character, Ana Lucía 'Analía' Moncada, in the 2008-2009 telenovela El Rostro de Analía, which caused the popularity of this name to spike in the United States.