Anna
\a.na\♀French girl's name
A French girl's name of Latin origin, first recorded around Siècle à préciser.
At a glance
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| First recorded | Siècle à préciser |
| Pronunciation | \a.na\ |
| Also spelled | Ana, Annah, Aña, Hanna, Hannah |
| Compound names | Anna-Caroline, Anna-Line, Anna-Lisa, Anna-Maria, Anna-Marie, Anna-Victoria, Lou-Anna, Marie-Anna, Ana-Marie |
Origin and meaning
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.
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- United States
- Italy
- Malta
- Spain
- France
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Germany
- Austria
- Denmark
- Israel
- Portugal
- Switzerland
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Kosovo
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- East Frisia
- Iceland
- Norway
- Sweden
In literature
« Dorothée, qui travaillait avec Marthe, s’avança sur le seuil pour voir ce qui pouvait causer une telle émeute. La petite Anna la suivit, risquant un œil curieux, cachant sa tête blonde dans les jupes de sa grand’mère. »Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Mecanautes (France), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).