German diminutive of Adelheid. This is the name of the title character in the children’s novel Heidi (1880) by the Swiss author Johanna Spyri. The name began to be used in the English-speaking world shortly after the 1937 release of the movie adaptation, which starred Shirley Temple.
People with the name Anate have a deep inner need for quiet, and a desire to understand and analyze the world they live in, and to learn the deeper truths.