Anna (name)

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Female given name

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FieldValue
nameAnna
imageDante Gabriel Rossetti - The Girlhood of Mary Virgin.jpg
captionSaint 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
genderFemale
meaningfavour, grace
regionGerman (mainly Saarland) French (from Alsace and Lorraine of German origin) Slovak and Hungarian
languageoriginHebrew, Greek, Latin
alternative spellingAna, Anne
seealsoHanna
variant formsAna, Anne, Annie
related names{{plainlist
name dayJuly 26
popularitypopularity
footnotes
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| name = Anna | image = Dante Gabriel Rossetti - The Girlhood of Mary Virgin.jpg | caption = 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. | romanisation = | pronunciation = | masculine = | feminine = | gender = Female | meaning = favour, grace | motto = | region = German (mainly Saarland) French (from Alsace and Lorraine of German origin) Slovak and Hungarian | language = | languageorigin = Hebrew, Greek, Latin | origin = | alternative spelling = Ana, Anne | nickname = | shortform = | petname = | seealso = Hanna | variant forms = Ana, Anne, Annie | related names = {{plainlist|

  • Anita (Spanish)
  • Anja (Danish)
  • Anka (Russian)
  • Aneta (Czech)
  • Annetta (Italian)
  • Annette (French)
  • Annie (English)
  • Annika (Swedish)
  • Nancy
  • Nanette
  • Nannerl (Austro-Bavarian)
  • Nannie
  • Ninon (French) | cognate = | anglicisation = | name day = July 26 | derived = | derivative = | derivation = | popularity = popularity | footnotes =

Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the and the Hebrew name Hannah (), meaning "favour" or "grace".

Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Ana, Ann (originally the English spelling), and Anne which was originally a French version of the name though has been used in English speaking countries for hundreds of years. Saint Anne is 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 context of pre-Christian Europe, the name can be found in Virgil's Aeneid, where Anna appears as the sister of Dido advising her to keep Aeneas in her city.

Variant forms

Alternative forms of Anna, including spelling variants, short forms, diminutives and transliterations are:

Composite names including Anna and variants

People

Anna is a very common given name. People with the name include:

Academics, medicine, and science

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Aristocracy

Arts and entertainment

Journalism, authors, novelists and writers

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Notes

References

  1. [http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Anna.htm Anna – Meaning and origin of the name Anna]
  2. "Virgil, Aeneid Book 4, lines 31-52".
  3. Lie, Kwang-Sook. (1996). "Foreign First Names in Korea". The SNU Journal of Education Research.

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