Anna name - Meaning of Anna
- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 3
- Usage
- English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Occitan, Breton, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- AN-a (English) , AHN-nah (Italian, Dutch, Polish) , AH-nah (German, Russian)
- Anna Meaning
- Form of Channah (see Hannah) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including the English, use the Hannah spelling. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah. It was a popular name in the Byzantine Empire from an early date, and in the Middle Ages it became common among Western Christians due to veneration of Saint Anna (usually known as Saint Anne in English), the name traditionally assigned to the mother of the Virgin Mary. In the English-speaking world, this form came into general use in the 18th century, joining Ann and Anne. The name was borne by several Russian royals, including an 18th-century empress of Russia. It was also the name of the main character in Leo Tolstoy's novel 'Anna Karenina' (1877), a woman forced to choose between her son and her lover. Anna is most likely a variant of a Hebrew name Hannah, meaning "gracious" or "favored", because in the Bible she was a sincere and merciful woman. Ultimately the name lost its initial "h". Anna was the name of many women belonging to Russian royalty, it is also the main character in "Anna Karenina", a novel by Leo Tolstoy. Together with its many variations, Anna has been a popular female name for many centuries and is constantly topping the name charts.
Anna Related Names
Variants: Ann, Anne (English), Anne (German), Anne (Dutch), Anne (Swedish), Anne (Norwegian), Anne (Danish), Anne (Finnish), Ana (Bulgarian), Aina (Catalan), Ahnna, Anika, Anita, Annie, Annette, Ona, Anouk, Nannie, Anka, Antje, Anja, Anu, Annuska, Anya, Onie
Diminutives: Anissa, Keanna (English), Annabella, Annetta (Italian), Anika, Anina (German), Anke, Antje (Low German), Anika, Anke, Anneke, Annelien, Anouk, Ans, Antje (Dutch), Annika (Swedish), Anniken (Norwegian), Ane, Anika (Danish), Anneli, Anni, Anniina, Annikki, Annukka, Anu, Niina (Finnish), Anu (Estonian), Anikó, Annuska, Panni (Hungarian), Anka (Polish), Ania, Annushka, Anya, Anushka (Russian), Aneta (Czech), Anka (Bulgarian), Anaïs (Catalan), Anaïs (Occitan), Annick (Breton)
Other Languages: Quanna (African American), Ane, Anne (Basque), Channah (Biblical Hebrew), Ana, Hana, Anica, Anita, Anja, Anka, Ankica, Jana, Nensi (Croatian), Anne, Hannah, Anaïs, Annette, Anouk, Ninon (French), Ana (Georgian), Channah, Hannah, Chanah (Hebrew), Nainsí (Irish), Ona (Lithuanian), Ana (Macedonian), Ana, Anabela, Anita (Portuguese), Ana, Anca (Romanian), Annag, Nandag (Scottish), Ana, Anica, Anja, Anka, Jana (Serbian), Ana, Anica, Anika, Anita, Anja (Slovene), Ana, Anabel, Anita (Spanish), Hena, Henda, Hene, Henye, Hendel (Yiddish)
Anna Celebrities
Anna Kournikova - tennis player, Anna Paquin - American actress, Anna Pistolesi - tennis player, Anna Torv - actress, Anna Baum - writer, Anna Bernard - writer, Anna Boch - artist, Anna Branch - published author, Anna Callahan - jazz artist, Anna Chancellor - actress, Anna Collins - published author, Anna Chlumsky - actress, Anna Clarke - writer, Anna Kendrick - actress,
