Anna (name)

This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Anna (disambiguation).
For a celebration, see Anniversary.
Anna
Pronunciation/ˈænə/
GenderFemale
Name dayJuly 26
Origin
LanguagesHebrew, Greek, Latin
Meaningfavour, grace
Region of originGerman (mainly Saarland) French (from Alsace and Lorraine of German origin) Slovak and Hungarian
Other names
Alternative spellingAna, Anne
Variant formsAna, Anne, Annie
Related names
See alsoHanna
Popularitysee popular names
[1]

Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the Hebrew name Hannah (Hebrew: חַנָּה, romanized: Ḥannāh), meaning "favour" or "grace". It is the name of Samuel's mother in the Hebrew Bible, rendered Ἄννα in Greek,[2] Hannah in English, and Anna in Latin.[3] The Greek form also appears in the New Testament story of Anna the Prophetess.

Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Ana, Ann (originally the English spelling), and Anne which was originally a French version of the name though has been used in English speaking countries for hundreds of years. The name has also been used for numerous saints and queens. The name is also found in Virgil's Aeneid,[4] where Anna appears as the sister of Dido advising her to keep Aeneas in her city.

Variant forms

Alternative 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

Law and politics

Sportspeople

Miscellaneous

as a masculine name

Fictional characters

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Anna – Meaning and origin of the name Anna
  2. ^ "1 Samuel 1:2 - Greek-English Interlinear". studybible.info. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
  3. ^ "Latin Vulgate Old Testament Bible - 1 Samuel 1". vulgate.org. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
  4. ^ "Virgil, Aeneid Book 4, lines 31-52". Perseus Digital Library.
  5. ^ Lie, Kwang-Sook (1996). "Foreign First Names in Korea" (PDF). The SNU Journal of Education Research. 06: 51–59.
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