Anna

Etymology

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".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænə/
• Rhymes: -ænə

Proper noun

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, Bible (King James Version), Luke 2:36:
     :

     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;

Anagrams

• A.A.N.N., Nana, na-na, naan, nana

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Anna f

1. A female given name., the Catalan equivalent of English Ann.

Proper noun

Anna f

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

Proper noun

Anna

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

References

• 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.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Anna ?

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

Proper noun

Anna

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

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Anna f (genitive singular Onnu or Annu)

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

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Anna

1. A female given name..
   • 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)

Anagrams

• Nana

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Anna f

1. A female given name..

Anagrams

• nana

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔana/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Anna

1. A female given name..

Romanization

Anna

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰

Alternative forms

• (old orthography) Ána

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Anna.

Proper noun

Anna

1. A female given name..
2. Anna (biblical)

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒnːɒ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: An‧na

Proper noun

Anna

1. A female given name.. Hungarian equivalent of English Ann, Anne, Anna.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanːa/
• Rhymes: -anːa

  Homophones: anna

Proper noun

Anna f (genitive singular Önnu)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Anna f

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

Anagrams

• nana

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

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

Pronunciation 2

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

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Anna f

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

References

• 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.

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Anna

1. A female given name..
2. Anna, the prophetess.

References

• 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.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.na/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Anna f

1. A female given name..

Further reading

• Anna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Proper noun

Anna f

1. A female given name.; Alternative spelling of Ana

Proper noun

Anna

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanna/

Proper noun

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

1. A female given name..

Further reading

• Anna in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Anna c (genitive Annas)

1. A female given name..
   • 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.

References

• 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.