Anne

{{Short description|Female given name}}

{{Other uses|Anne (disambiguation)|Ann (disambiguation)}}

{{Wiktionary|Anne}}

{{Infobox given name2

| name = Anne

| image=Anne1705.jpg

| image_size=

| caption=Anne, Queen of Great Britain

| pronunciation=

| gender = Female

| meaning = Favored, grace

| language = English

| language2 = French

| language3 = Latin, Hebrew

| seealso = Anna, Ana, Annie, Nancy, Nanette, Ninon (French)

}}

Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'."Anne". A Dictionary of First Names. Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges. Oxford University Press, 2006. Oxford Reference Online. University of Hull. 1 April 2010 [http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t41.e183 Oxfordreference.com] Related names include Annie and Ana.

Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in the [https://www.behindthename.com/name/anne-2 Behind the Name database] and the [http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/verklaring/naam/Anne "Anne"] and [http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/verklaring/naam/Ane "Ane"] entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). In Ireland the name is used as an anglicized version of Áine.

Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: {{lookfrom|Anne}}.

As a feminine name

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As a masculine name

Disambiguation

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Fictional characters

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