Anna

The Latinate and New Testament form of Ann, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), equal to the Hebrew female name חַנָּה‎ (ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious".

• The US city was named after Anna Davie, the wife of one of the first settlers.

• IPA^(key): /ˈænə/

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• Rhymes: -ænə

Anna (plural Annas)

1. A female given name.
   • ~1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19:

     Every lover the years disclose / Is of a beautiful name made free. / One befriends, and all others are foes. / Anna's the name of names for me.

   • 1967 Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There, HarperCollins (2014), →ISBN, page 189:

     M for Madeleine, M for Marguerite, M for Melanie and the rest, she thought, smiling as she remembered the long string of glamorous names they had invented for her. No wonder plain "Anna" had seemed a little disappointing!

   • 1986 Sue Miller, The Good Mother, G.K.Hall 1987, →ISBN, page 183:

     His real name was Leonard, Len. He'd changed it when he came East. "Len," he said. "A turd of a name. Who wants it? I mean a name that ends in a nasalization, for Christ's sake. Leo now. It's like Anna. They go on forever. You can live with a name like that."

2. A prophetess in the New Testament.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 2:36:

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     And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

3. A city in Illinois.

• The name or its cognates are well used in all European languages because of the medieval cult of St. Anna or Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary.
• Anna is periodically popular in the English-speaking world as a Latinate variant of Ann/Anne.

• A.A.N.N., Nana, na-na, naan, nana

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈan.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈan.na/

Anna f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann

• IPA^(key): [ˈana]

Anna f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann

• Anička, Anka, Anuška.

Anna

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann
2. Anna (Biblical prophetess)

• Ane, Anette, Anita, Anja, Ann, Anne, Annelise, Annemarie, Annette, Anni, Annie, Anny

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 114 513 females with the given name Anna have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

From Middle Dutch Anna, from Latin Anna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.naː/

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• Hyphenation: An‧na

Anna f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann

• An, Anita, Ank, Anke, Ankie, Anne, Annet, Annette, Annie, Annita, Anoejska, Ans, Antje

Anna

1. A female given name, cognate to English Ann.

• Anete, Ann, Anne, Anneli, Anni, Annika, Anu

From Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה‎ (ḥannâ).

Anna f (genitive singular Onnu or Annu)

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann

From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), equal to the Hebrew female name חַנָּה‎ (ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious".

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑnːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Hyphenation: An‧na

Anna

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann.
   • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 14 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):

     Aviona oli hänellä Seunalan hoikka tytär, liinatukkainen, kainosilmäinen Anna, hän, joka oli nähnyt kummia näköjä ja houraillen ennustellut paljon ihmeitä.

     His wife was the slender daughter of Seunala, shy-eyed Anna, who had seen strange visions in trances and predicted many wonders.

   • 1984 Eira Stenberg, Paratiisin vangit, Tammi, →ISBN, page 5:

     Minun nimeni on Sisko. Ei se ole ihmisen nimi. Se on nimi suhteelle. Minä olin alusta alkaen sivuhenkilö. [ - - - ] Anna oli sievä ja kiharapäinen kuin kiiltokuvaenkeli. Kun äiti huusi häntä ikkunasta, se kuulosti pyynnöltä, lähes rukoukselta: anna, anna! Amen, minä lisäsin usein mielessäni. Koko piha kaikui annoista. [ - - - ]

     Minulla on myös veli, jonka nimi on Veli. Meitä yhdisti kateus. Me kadehdimme Annalta hänen nimeään.

   • 2010 Ilkka Raitasuo - Terhi Siltala, Kellokosken prinsessa, Like Kustannus Oy, →ISBN, page 211:

     Eräänä Annan päivänä 1960-luvulla ylilääkäri Alivirta oli pistäytynyt osastolla toivottamassa kaikille juhlijoille hyvää nimipäivää. Tuolloin Prinsessa oli oikaissut Isä Paavalia ja todennut, että hän oli oikeastaan Anita. Hän piti Annaa hieman rahvaanomaisena ja vanhahtavana etunimenä.

2. (obsolete) Anna (biblical prophetess)
   • 1548 Se Wsi Testamenti, Lucan Euangeliumi 2:36:

     Ja oli Anna Prophetissa Phanuelin Tyter Aserin sughusta teme oli ioutunudh pitkelle ijelle ia oli elenyt miehens cansa seitzemen wootha hene' Neitzydeste's

     And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; (KJV Luke 2:36)

• Traditionally one of the most popular female names in Finland, for example, the most common first name of women throughout the 19th century.
• Common first part of conjoined names such as Anna-Liisa and Anna-Maija.

• (given names) Anita, Anitta, Anja, Anna-Liisa, Anne, Anneli, Anni, Anniina, Annika, Annikki, Annukka, Anu, Hanna
• (surnames) Annala

• Nana

A Latinate variant of French Anne, from Ἄννα (Ánna), equal to the Hebrew female name חַנָּה‎ (ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Anna.

• IPA^(key): /a.na/

Anna f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann.

• nana

From Vulgar Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), equal to the Hebrew female name חַנָּה‎ (ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate to English Ann.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔana/

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Anna

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann.

• (pet forms ) Ännchen, Ännerl, Ännerle
• (variants): Anette, Anika, Anita, Anja, Anke, Anne, Anneli, Annelie, Anneliese, Annemarie, Annette, Anni, Annika, Anny, Antje

• (old orthography) Ána

Borrowed from Danish Anna.

Anna

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann.
2. Anna (biblical)

• Aani
• Anni

• Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, →ISBN
• Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒnːɒ]

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• Hyphenation: An‧na

Anna

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann

• Annácska
• Annamária

From Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה‎ (ḥannâ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈanːa/
• Rhymes: -anːa

  Homophones: anna

Anna f (genitive singular Önnu)

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann

From Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה‏‎ (Ḥannâ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.na/, [ˈän̺n̺ä]
• Stress: Ànna
• Hyphenation: An‧na

Anna f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann
2. Hannah (Biblical mother of Samuel)
3. Anna (Biblical prophetess)

• Annina, Nina

• nana

Anna

1. Rōmaji transcription of アンナ

From Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה‏‎ (Ḥannâ).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.na/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.na/

Anna f (genitive Annae); first declension

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann

First declension.

• Italian: Anna

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.naː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.na/

Annā f

1. ablative of Anna

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1454. From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), equal to the Hebrew female name חַנָּה‎ (ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.

Anna f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann.
2. A transliteration of the female given names Ann and Anne from various languages, and of the Russian А́нна (Ánna).

• Ance, Anete, Anita, Annija, Enija

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Anna was the only given name of 25 747 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

First recorded in Norway in 1340. From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), equal to the Hebrew female name חַנָּה‎ (ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.

Anna

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann.
2. Anna, the prophetess.

• One of the most popular given names in Norway since the Middle Ages. For example, the most common name of women born in Norway from the 1870s to the 1910s.

• Ane, Anette, Anita, Anja, Ann, Anne, Annette, Anniken, Anny

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 17 721 females with the given name Anna living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1880s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

From Hebrew female name חַנָּה‎ (ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.na/

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Anna f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann.

• Andzia, Aneczka, Ania, Anka, Anula, Anusia

• Anna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Anna f

1. A female given name; Alternative spelling of Ana

Anna

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann

• Annag

• IPA^(key): /ˈanna/

Anna f (genitive Anny, nominative plural Anny) declension pattern žena

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann.

• anenský
• Hana
• Anča
• Anica
• Anina
• Anuľa, Hanuľa
• Anka, Hanka
• Anička, Hanička

• Anna in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1291. From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), equal to the Hebrew female name חַנָּה‎ (ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.

• IPA^(key): /²ana/

Anna c (genitive Annas)

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann.
   • 1994 Marianne Fredriksson, Anna, Hanna och Johanna, Wahlström & Widstrand (2001), →ISBN, page 259:

     Då mindes jag Anna, den ljusa människan. Och så sa jag utan att ha tänkt att jag ville kalla flickan Anna. Mor blev glad, det såg jag nog, men hon sa att jag måste tala med Arne först.

     Han tyckte namnet var gammaldags och rejält. Så var han glad att det inte fanns i släkten.

• Traditionally one of the most popular Swedish names, for example the most common first name of women born in Sweden in the 1920s, the 1970s and the 1980s.

• Anette, Anita, Anja, Ann, Anne, Anneli, Annelie, Annette, Annie, Annika, Anny

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 302 997 females with the given name Anna living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.