Anna (name)

{{Short description|Female given name}}

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{{Infobox given name2

| 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 = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|n|ə}}

| 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

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| cognate =

| anglicisation =

| name day = July 26

| derived =

| derivative =

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| popularity = popularity

| footnotes = [http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Anna.htm Anna – Meaning and origin of the name Anna]

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Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the {{langx|el|Ἄννα}} and the Hebrew name Hannah ({{langx|he|חַנָּה|translit=Ḥannāh}}), meaning "favour" or "grace".

Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Ana, Anne, originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for hundreds of years, and Ann, which was originally the English spelling. 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,{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi003.perseus-lat1:4.31-4.53|title=Virgil, Aeneid Book 4, lines 31-52|website=Perseus Digital Library}} where Anna appears as the sister of Dido advising her to keep Aeneas in her city.

Variant forms

Alternate 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 =

= Activism =

= Aristocracy =

= Arts and entertainment =

= Journalism, authors, novelists and writers =

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= Miscellaneous =

; as a masculine name

=Fictional use=

See also

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