Anna

Etymology 1
From both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to  the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to, from  in the New Testament, from , from. As a city in Illinois, named for Anna Davie, wife of one of the initial settlers. .

Proper noun

 * 1) * c. 1886, 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.
 * 1) A prophetess in the New Testament.
 * 1) A prophetess in the New Testament.
 * 1) A prophetess in the New Testament.
 * 1) A prophetess in the New Testament.

Usage notes

 * The name or its cognates are well used in all European languages because of the medieval cult of St. Anna or Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary.
 * Anna is periodically popular in the English-speaking world as a Latinate variant of Ann/Anne.

Translations

 * Arabic: حَنَّة
 * Armenian: Աննա
 * Belarusian: Га́нна
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: А́нна
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 亞拿
 * Danish: Anna
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: Hanna
 * Faroese: Anna, Hanna
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ანა
 * German: Hanna,
 * Hawaiian: ʻAna
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: アンナ
 * Korean: ^안나
 * Macedonian:
 * Northern Sami: Ánná
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Ана
 * Roman: Ana
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: อันนา
 * Ukrainian: Га́нна

Proper noun

 * 1)  Biblical prophetess
 * 1)  Biblical prophetess

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1) Anna Biblical prophetess
 * 1) Anna Biblical prophetess

Etymology
From, from.

Proper noun
(genitive singular Onnu or Annu)



Etymology
From Vulgate, from , from in the Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious".

Proper noun

 * 1)  Anna biblical prophetess
 * 1)  Anna biblical prophetess
 * 1)  Anna biblical prophetess
 * 1)  Anna biblical prophetess
 * 1)  Anna biblical prophetess

Usage notes

 * Traditionally one of the most popular female names in Finland, for example, the most common first name of women throughout the 19th century.
 * Common first part of conjoined names such as and.

Etymology
A Latinate variant of French, from , equal to the female name  of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Etymology
From, which see.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
From, from.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones:
 * Homophones:
 * Homophones:

Proper noun
(genitive singular Önnu)



Etymology
From, from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1) Hannah Biblical mother of Samuel
 * 2)  Biblical prophetess
 * 1)  Biblical prophetess

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1454. From Vulgate, from , equal to the female name  of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.

Etymology
First recorded in Norway in 1340. From Vulgate, from , equal to the female name  of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Proper noun

 * 1) Anna, the prophetess.
 * 1) Anna, the prophetess.

Usage notes

 * One of the most popular given names in Norway since the Middle Ages. For example, the most common name of women born in Norway from the 1870s to the 1910s.

Etymology
, from, from. .

Etymology
From, from , from.

Etymology
First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1291. , from, from , equal to the female name  of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.

Usage notes

 * Traditionally one of the most popular Swedish names, for example the most common first name of women born in Sweden in the 1920s, the 1970s and the 1980s.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1) Wife or mother of .
 * 1) Wife or mother of .