Anemas (Greek: Ἀνεμᾶς) was the name of a Byzantine aristocratic family, attested from the 9th to the 15th centuries. The origin and etymology of the name are uncertain; it may be connected to anemos, "wind", although the philologist suggested a derivation to aneme, "spool". Others, such as , have suggested that the family attested in later times were descendants of Anemas, son of the last Emir of Crete, who converted to Christianity and joined the Byzantine army.