Anna
See also: Appendix:Variations of "anna"
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anne the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a city in Illinois, named for Anna Davie, wife of one of the initial settlers. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah.
Proper noun edit
Anna (plural Annas)
- A female given name from Latin.
- c. 1886 William Ernest Henley, 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.
- 1967, Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There, HarperCollins, published 2014, →ISBN, page 189:
- M for Madeleine, M for Marguerite, M for Melanie and the rest, she thought, smiling as she remembered the long string of glamorous names they had invented for her. No wonder plain "Anna" had seemed a little disappointing!
- 1986, Sue Miller, The Good Mother, G.K.Hall, published 1987, →ISBN, page 183:
- His real name was Leonard, Len. He'd changed it when he came East. "Len," he said. "A turd of a name. Who wants it? I mean a name that ends in a nasalization, for Christ's sake. Leo now. It's like Anna. They go on forever. You can live with a name like that."
- c. 1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19:
- A prophetess in the New Testament.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 2:36:
- And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
- A city in Illinois.
- A city in Texas.
- A town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia.
- A village in Järva, Estonia.
- A village in Fars, Iran.
- A village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Iran.
- A village in Ohio; after Anna Thirkield, an early settler.
- A municipality of Valencia, Spain.
Usage notes edit
- 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.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
given name — see Ann
biblical prophetess
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Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Anna
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
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Proper noun edit
Anna f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Anna f (related adjective Annin)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
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Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Anna
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
- Anna (Biblical prophetess)
Related terms edit
References edit
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 114 513 females with the given name Anna have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch Anna, from Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ).
Pronunciation edit
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Anna f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
- Anna (Biblical prophetess)
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Estonian edit
Proper noun edit
Anna
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
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Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ).
Proper noun edit
Anna f (genitive singular Onnu or Annu)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
Declension edit
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ) in the Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious".
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Anna
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
- 1870, Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 14:
- Aviona oli hänellä Seunalan hoikka tytär, liinatukkainen, kainosilmäinen Anna, hän, joka oli nähnyt kummia näköjä ja houraillen ennustellut paljon ihmeitä.
- Richard A. Impola (1991)
- His wife was the slender daughter of Seunala, shy-eyed Anna, who had seen strange visions in trances and predicted many wonders.
- 1984, Eira Stenberg, Paratiisin vangit, Tammi, →ISBN, page 5:
- Minun nimeni on Sisko. Ei se ole ihmisen nimi. Se on nimi suhteelle. Minä olin alusta alkaen sivuhenkilö. [ - - - ] Anna oli sievä ja kiharapäinen kuin kiiltokuvaenkeli. Kun äiti huusi häntä ikkunasta, se kuulosti pyynnöltä, lähes rukoukselta: anna, anna! Amen, minä lisäsin usein mielessäni. Koko piha kaikui annoista. [ - - - ]
- My name is Sisko. That's not how a human is called, that's how a relationship is called. I was a side character from the start. [ - - - ] Anna was pretty with curly hair, like an angel from a kiiltokuva. When her mother called her out of the window, it sounded like a request, almost like a prayer: anna, anna [give]! Amen, I often answered in my mind, as annas echoed throughout the yard.
- 2010, Ilkka Raitasuo - Terhi Siltala, Kellokosken prinsessa, Like Kustannus Oy, →ISBN, page 211:
- Eräänä Annan päivänä 1960-luvulla ylilääkäri Alivirta oli pistäytynyt osastolla toivottamassa kaikille juhlijoille hyvää nimipäivää. Tuolloin Prinsessa oli oikaissut Isä Paavalia ja todennut, että hän oli oikeastaan Anita. Hän piti Annaa hieman rahvaanomaisena ja vanhahtavana etunimenä.
- On one Anna's day in the 1960s, senior physician Alivirta had visited the department to wish everyone a happy name day. The Princess had then corrected Father Paavali himself and stated that she was actually called Anita. She thought of Anna as a rather folksy and old-fashioned name.
- (obsolete) Anna (biblical prophetess)
- 1548, The Holy Bible, Luke 2:36:
- Ja oli Anna Prophetissa Phanuelin Tyter Aserin sughusta teme oli ioutunudh pitkelle ijelle ia oli elenyt miehens cansa seitzemen wootha hene’ Neitzydeste’s
- And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
Usage notes edit
- 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 Anna-Liisa and Anna-Maija.
Declension edit
| Inflection of Anna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Anna | Annat | ||
| genitive | Annan | Annojen | ||
| partitive | Annaa | Annoja | ||
| illative | Annaan | Annoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Anna | Annat | ||
| accusative | nom. | Anna | Annat | |
| gen. | Annan | |||
| genitive | Annan | Annojen Annainrare | ||
| partitive | Annaa | Annoja | ||
| inessive | Annassa | Annoissa | ||
| elative | Annasta | Annoista | ||
| illative | Annaan | Annoihin | ||
| adessive | Annalla | Annoilla | ||
| ablative | Annalta | Annoilta | ||
| allative | Annalle | Annoille | ||
| essive | Annana | Annoina | ||
| translative | Annaksi | Annoiksi | ||
| abessive | Annatta | Annoitta | ||
| instructive | — | Annoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms edit
compounds
Related terms edit
- (given names) Anita, Anitta, Anja, Anna-Liisa, Anne, Anneli, Anni, Anniina, Annika, Annikki, Annukka, Anu, Hanna
- (surnames) Annala
Statistics edit
- Anna is the 4th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 28,677 female individuals (and as a middle name to 17,232 more), and also belongs to 5 male individuals (and as a middle name to 5 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Anna f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Anna f (genitive Annas or (with an article) Anna)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
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Greenlandic edit
Alternative forms edit
- Ána (old orthography)
Etymology edit
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Anna
- a female given name from Danish, equivalent to English Ann
- Anna (biblical)
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Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Anna
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Anna | Annák |
| accusative | Annát | Annákat |
| dative | Annának | Annáknak |
| instrumental | Annával | Annákkal |
| causal-final | Annáért | Annákért |
| translative | Annává | Annákká |
| terminative | Annáig | Annákig |
| essive-formal | Annaként | Annákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Annában | Annákban |
| superessive | Annán | Annákon |
| adessive | Annánál | Annáknál |
| illative | Annába | Annákba |
| sublative | Annára | Annákra |
| allative | Annához | Annákhoz |
| elative | Annából | Annákból |
| delative | Annáról | Annákról |
| ablative | Annától | Annáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Annáé | Annáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Annáéi | Annákéi |
| Possessive forms of Anna | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Annám | Annáim |
| 2nd person sing. | Annád | Annáid |
| 3rd person sing. | Annája | Annái |
| 1st person plural | Annánk | Annáink |
| 2nd person plural | Annátok | Annáitok |
| 3rd person plural | Annájuk | Annáik |
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Compound words
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Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ).
Pronunciation edit
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Anna f (genitive singular Önnu)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ).
Pronunciation edit
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Anna f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
- Hannah (Biblical mother of Samuel)
- Anna (Biblical prophetess)
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Anagrams edit
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Romanization edit
Anna
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈan.na/, [ˈänːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.na/, [ˈänːä]
Proper noun edit
Anna f sg (genitive Annae); first declension
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Anna |
| Genitive | Annae |
| Dative | Annae |
| Accusative | Annam |
| Ablative | Annā |
| Vocative | Anna |
Descendants edit
- Italian: Anna
Proper noun edit
Annā f
- ablative of Anna
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1454. From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), equal to the Hebrew female name חַנָּה (ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.
Proper noun edit
Anna f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name А́нна (Ánna).
- A respelling of the English female given name Ann.
- A respelling of the English or French female given name Anne.
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Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
First recorded in Norway in 1340. From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), equal to the Hebrew female name חַנָּה (ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.
Proper noun edit
Anna
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
- Anna, the prophetess.
Usage notes edit
- 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.
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ). Doublet of Hanna.
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Proper noun edit
Anna f (diminutive Andzia or Aneczka or Ania or Anka or Anula or Anusia)
- a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Ann, Anna
Declension edit
Declension of Anna
Further reading edit
- Anna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Anna f
- a female given name; alternative spelling of Ana
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ, literally “grace, gracious”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Anna f (diminutive Annag)
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Ann
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| Anna | n-Anna | h-Anna | t-Anna |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Anna f (genitive singular Anny, nominative plural Anny, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
Declension edit
Declension of Anna
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Anna”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1291. Inherited from Old Swedish Anna, from Vulgar Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), equal to the Hebrew female name חַנָּה (ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.
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Anna c (genitive Annas)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
- 1994, Marianne Fredriksson, Anna, Hanna och Johanna, Wahlström & Widstrand, published 2001, →ISBN, page 259:
- Då mindes jag Anna, den ljusa människan. Och så sa jag utan att ha tänkt att jag ville kalla flickan Anna. Mor blev glad, det såg jag nog, men hon sa att jag måste tala med Arne först.
Han tyckte namnet var gammaldags och rejält. Så var han glad att det inte fanns i släkten.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes edit
- 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.
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References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [5] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 302 997 females with the given name Anna living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.
Anagrams edit
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ, literally “grace, gracious”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Anna f
- a female given name from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) [in turn from Hebrew חַנָּה (“Hana”)]
- Wife or mother of Beli Mawr.
- Saint Anne
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Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| Anna | unchanged | unchanged | Hanna |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children[6], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 17