Anna

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Anna. === Noun === Anna (chess) Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the a-file in algebraic notation. === References === FIDE Laws of Chess 2023 == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈænə/ (æ-tensing) IPA(key): [ˈeənə] Rhymes: -ænə === Etymology 1 === 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 (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “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 ==== 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. A prophetess in the New Testament. A city in Illinois. A city in Texas. A town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. A village in Järva, Estonia. A village in Fars Province, Iran. A village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. A village in Ohio; after Anna Thirkield, an early settler. A municipality of the Valencian Community, Spain. ===== 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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Chinese: 安娜 (Ānnà) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Anna (obsolete) Alternative spelling of Anah, a city in Anbar, Iraq. === Anagrams === A.A.N.N., Nana, anan, na-na, naan, nana == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈan.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈan.na] === Proper noun === Anna f a female given name, equivalent to English Ann == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈana] === Proper noun === Anna f (relational adjective Annin) a female given name, equivalent to English Ann ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Danish == === Proper noun === Anna a female given name, equivalent to English Ann Anna (Biblical prophetess) ==== Related terms ==== Ane, Anette, Anita, Anja, Ann, Anne, Annelise, Annemarie, Annette, Anni, Annie, Anny ==== Descendants ==== → Greenlandic: Anna === References === [2] 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 == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch Anna, from Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑ.naː/ Hyphenation: An‧na === Proper noun === Anna f a female given name, equivalent to English Ann Anna (Biblical prophetess) ==== Related terms ==== An, Anita, Ank, Anke, Ankie, Anne, Annet, Annette, Annie, Annita, Anoejska, Ans, Antje Hanna == Estonian == === Proper noun === Anna a female given name, equivalent to English Ann ==== Related terms ==== Anete, Ann, Anne, Anneli, Anni, Annika, Anu == Faroese == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ). === Proper noun === Anna f (genitive singular Onnu or Annu) a female given name, equivalent to English Ann ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics son of Anna: Onnuson or Annuson daughter of Anna: Onnudóttir or Annudóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ) in the Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑnːɑ/, [ˈɑ̝nːɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ Syllabification(key): An‧na Hyphenation(key): An‧na === Proper noun === Anna a female given name, equivalent to English Ann (obsolete) 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 Anna-Liisa and Anna-Maija. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== (given names) Anita, Anitta, Anja, Anna-Liisa, Anne, Anneli, Anni, Anniina, Annika, Annikki, Annukka, Anu, Hanna (surnames) Annala ==== Statistics ==== Anna is the 4th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 28,014 female individuals (and as a middle name to 17,458 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === Anagrams === Nana, naan == French == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /a.na/ === Proper noun === Anna f a female given name, equivalent to English Ann === Anagrams === nana == German == === Etymology === From Latin Anna, which see. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈana/, [ˈʔa.na] === Proper noun === Anna f (genitive Annas or (with an article) Anna) a female given name, equivalent to English Ann ==== Related terms ==== (variants) Anne, Änne (pet forms) Anita, Anja, Anke, Ännchen, Anneke, Ännerl, Ännerle, Annette (Anette), Anni (Anny), Änni, Annika (Anika), Antje (derivatives) Anneliese (Annelise), Annelie (Anneli), Annemarie, Annemie == Greenlandic == === Alternative forms === Ána (old orthography) === Etymology === Borrowed from Danish Anna. === Proper noun === Anna a female given name from Danish, equivalent to English Ann Anna (biblical) ==== Related terms ==== Aani Anni === References === Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, →ISBN [3] Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɒnːɒ] Hyphenation: An‧na Rhymes: -nɒ === Proper noun === Anna a female given name, equivalent to English Ann ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈanːa/ Rhymes: -anːa Homophone: anna Hyphenation: An‧na === Proper noun === Anna f (proper noun, genitive singular Önnu) a female given name, equivalent to English Ann ==== Declension ==== == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈan.na/ Rhymes: -anna Hyphenation: Àn‧na === Proper noun === Anna f a female given name, equivalent to English Ann Hannah (Biblical mother of Samuel) Anna (Biblical prophetess) ==== Related terms ==== Annina, Nina === Anagrams === nana == Japanese == === Romanization === Anna Rōmaji transcription of アンナ == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ). === Pronunciation === Anna: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈan.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈan.na] Annā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈan.naː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈan.na] Hyphenation: An‧na === Proper noun === Anna f sg (genitive Annae); first declension a female given name, equivalent to English Ann ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== == Latvian == === Etymology === 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 === 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 ==== Related terms ==== Ance, Anete, Anita, Annija, Enija === References === Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN [4] Population Register of Latvia: Anna was the only given name of 25 747 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010. == Norwegian == === Etymology === 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 === Anna a female given name, equivalent to English Ann 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. ==== Related terms ==== Ane, Anette, Anita, Anja, Ann, Anne, Annette, Anniken, Anny === References === Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN [5] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 17 721 females with the given name Anna living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1880s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011. == Old Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈanna/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈanna/ === Proper noun === Anna f a female given name ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “Anna”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ). Doublet of Hanna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈan.na/ Rhymes: -anna Syllabification: An‧na === Proper noun === 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 or Anna ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Anna in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Anna f a female given name, variant of Ana == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ, literally “grace, gracious”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈan̪ˠa/, /ˈan̪ˠə/ === Proper noun === Anna f (diminutive Annag) a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Ann === Mutation === == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈana] === Proper noun === Anna f (genitive singular Anny, nominative plural Anny, declension pattern of žena) a female given name, equivalent to English Ann ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “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, 2003–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ana/ === Proper noun === Anna c (genitive Annas) a female given name, equivalent to 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. ==== Related terms ==== Anette, Anita, Anja, Ann, Anne, Anneli, Annelie, Annette, Annie, Annika, Anny === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [6] 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 === anan == Welsh == === Alternative forms === Ann Ania Anita === Etymology === From Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ, literally “grace, gracious”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈana/ === Proper noun === 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 ==== Derived terms ==== Annalyn === Mutation === === References === Heini Gruffudd (2010), Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎[7], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 17