Anna

Anna
Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary, depicted instructing her daughter in this painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The popularity of the name Anne is largely due to this saint.
Pronunciation	English: /ˈænə/
Gender	Female
Origin
Language(s)	Hebrew, Greek, Latin
Meaning	full of grace, Favor, Eagle
Other names
See also	Ana, Ann, Anne, Annie, Annette

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Anna is a Latin form of the Greek name Greek Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah (Hebrew: חַנָּה Ḥannāh‎, meaning "favor" or "grace"). Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Anne, originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for hundreds of years, and Ann, which was originally the English spelling. Saint Anne was traditionally the name of the mother of the Virgin Mary, which accounts for its wide use and popularity among Christians. The name has also been used for numerous saints and queens.

In the Frisian language it is also used as a male name, in which case it is derived from the old Germanic word element arn, meaning "eagle."^[1] The mid-seventh century King Anna of East Anglia was one such male Anna. A modern example is Anne de Vries.

Variant forms

Alternate forms of Anna, including spelling variants, short forms and diminutives include:

• Aina – Catalan, Swedish
• Áine – Irish
• Ana – Bulgarian, Croatian, Galician, Georgian, Hawaiian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish.
• Anaïs – Catalan, French, Provençal
• Anano – Georgian
• Anča – Czech, Slovak, Romanian
• Ance – Latvian
• Anci – Hungarian
• Andzia - Polish
• Ane – Basque, Danish, Hawaiian
• Anechka - Russian
• Anelie – German
• Anella – Estonian
• Anelle – Estonian, Finnish
• Aneta – Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Polish
• Anete – Estonian, Latvian
• Annette - Swedish
• Anett – Estonian
• Anette – Estonian, Norwegian, Swedish
• Anežka – Czech
• Ania – Polish, Russian
• Anica – Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish
• Anice – Scottish^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• Anička – Czech, Slovak
• Anicuta – Portuguese, Romanian
• Anie – Armenian
• Anika – Danish, Dutch, German
• Annika - Swedish, Finnish
• Anikó – Hungarian
• Anina – German
• Anissa – English
• Anita – Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, English, Polish
• Anitte – German
• Anja – Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish
• Anka – Bulgarian, German, Croatian, Polish, Russian, Serbian
• Anke – Frisian, German
• Ann – English, Estonian, Swedish
• Anna – Armenian, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Malayalam, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovakian, Swedish
• Annah – German
• Annaki – Greek
• Annamma - Malayalam
• Annam - Malayalam
• Annchen – German
• Anneka – English
• Anneke – Dutch
• Anneli – Estonian, Finnish, Swedish
• Annelie – Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish
• Annelien – Dutch
• Annella – Scottish^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• Annele – Latvian
• Annelle – French
• Annetta – Italian
• Annette – French
• Anni – Estonian, Finnish, German, Swedish
• Annick – Breton
• Annie – English / French
• Anniina – Finnish
• Annija – Latvian
• Annika – Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Swedish
• Annike – Estonian
• Anniken – Norwegian
• Anniki – Estonian
• Annikki – Finnish
• Anninya – Latvian
• Annio – Greek
• Annora – English
• Annouche – French
• Annoula – Greek
• Annus – Hungarian
• Annukka – Finnish
• Annushka – Hungarian, Russian
• Annuska – Hungarian
• Anona – English
• Anouk – Dutch, French
• Anoushka – Slavic
• Anouska – Slavic
• Ans – Dutch
• Antje – Dutch, German
• Anu – Estonian, Finnish
• Anushka – Russian
• Anuszka - Polish
• Anuška – Czech
• Anya – Russian, Latvian
• Anyu – Hungarian
• Anyuta – Latvian, Russian
• Asya – Latvian
• Asenka – Latvian
• Ayn
• Ayna
• Chana – Hebrew
• Chanah – Hebrew
• Channah – Hebrew
• Enye – Hebrew
• Hajna – Hungarian
• Hana – Czech, Japanese, Slovak
• Hania – Polish
• Hanka – Polish
• Hanna – Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Ge'ez, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Belorussian
• Hannah – Hebrew, Arabic, English, Estonian, Swedish
• Hanne – German, Scandinavian
• Hannela – Estonian
• Hannele – Estonian, Finnish
• Hannelore – German
• Hena – Yiddish
• Henda – Yiddish
• Hendel – Yiddish
• Hene – Yiddish
• Henye – Yiddish
• Ona – Hebrew, Lithuanian
• Onnee – Manx
• Yanina – Latvian

Composite names including Anna and variants

• Anabel – English, Galician, Polish, Spanish
• Anabela – Portuguese
• Anabella – Spanish, English
• Anabelle - English
• Analeigh - English
• Ana María - Spanish
• Anamaria - English
• Anamaría - Spanish
• Ana-Maria – Romanian
• Annabel – Catalan, English, Estonian
• Anna-Bella – English, Swedish
• Annabella – English, Italian
• Annabelle – English, French
• Annabeth – English
• Anna-Carin – Swedish
• Anna-Greta – Swedish
• Annalee – English
• Anna-Lisa – Swedish
• Anna-Maria – Estonian, Polish, Swedish, Finnish
• Annamaria – Italian
• Ann-Britt – Swedish
• Ann-Charlotte – Swedish
• Ann-Christin – Swedish
• Annegret – German
• Annelies – Dutch, German
• Anneliese – Dutch, German
• Annelise – Danish
• Annemarie – Dutch, English, German
• Ann-Kristin – Swedish
• Ann-Louise – Swedish
• Ann-Margret – Swedish
• Ann-Mari – Swedish
• Ann-Marie – Swedish
• Annmarie – English
• Ann-Sofi – Swedish
• Ann-Sofie – Swedish
• Annesophie - German
• Ittianna – Malayalam
• Leann – English
• Leanna – English
• Leanne – English
• Leeann – English
• Lisann – Estonian
• Lisanna – Estonian
• Lisanne – Dutch, English, Estonian
• Luana – English
• Luann – English
• Luanna – English
• Luanne – English
• Marian – English, Estonian
• Mariana – Czech, Estonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
• Mariann – Estonian
• Mari-Ann – Estonian
• Mari-Anna – Estonian
• Marianna – English, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian^{[citation needed]}, Slovakian
• Mari-Anne – Estonian
• Marianne – English, Estonian, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish
• Marijana – Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
• Marjaana – Estonian, Finnish
• Marjaane – Estonian
• Marjan – Dutch
• Marjana – Slovene
• Maryann – English
• Maryanne – English
• Hanna-Liina – Estonian
• Pollyanna – English
• Rosanna – English, Italian, Portuguese
• Ruthanne – English
• Saranna – English

People

There are a number of people whose first name and the most significant name was Anna or Anne:

• Anna, from the Gospel of Luke 2:36, a "prophetess", "daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher"
• Anna Chakvetadze (born 1987), Russian tennis player
• Anna Kournikova (born 1981), Chakvetadze's Russian compatriot and tennis player
• Anna Lapushchenkova (born 1986), Kournikova's Russian compatriot and tennis player
• Anna Mae Bullock/Tina Turner, American singer titled as "the Queen of Rock and Roll"
• Anna Margaret (born 1996), American singer-songwriter and actress
• Anna, a king of East Anglia
• Anna Panayiotopoulou, Greek actress
• Anna Pavlova (born 1881), Prima Ballerina
• Anna/Anna Perenna, the sister of Dido in Roman mythology and later literature
• Anna Smashnova (born 1976), Belarus-born former tennis player in Israel
• Anna Synodinou, Greek actress and politician
• Anna Tatishvili (born 1990), Georgian tennis player
• Anna Verouli, Greek javelin thrower
• Anna Villani (born 1966), Italian marathon runner
• Anna Vissi (born 1957), Greek-Cypriot singer
• Annah Graefe, German folksinger
• Anny Duperey (born 1947), stage, film and television actress
• Anny Ondra (1903-1987), Czech film actress
• Anny Schlemm (born 1929), German operatic soprano
• Anna, an alternate name for Morgause of Arthurian legend
• Anna Kendrick (born 1985) American film and stage actress
• Anna Paquin (born 1982) Canadian born New Zealand film and stage actress

See also

• Hannah (given name)
• Anna (disambiguation)
• Annie (disambiguation)

Notes

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