# Anna
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈænə/
* (æ-tensing) IPA: [ˈeənə]
* Audio:(file)
* 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.
** 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."
* 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

* 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

* Anna Karenina principle
* Anna Kournikova
* Anna potatoes
* Anna's hummingbird
* Queen Anne's thimbles
* Santa Anna

##### 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: (Central, Balearic) [ˈan.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈan.na]

### Proper noun

Anna f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Ann

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈana]

### Proper noun

Anna f (relational adjective Annin)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Ann

#### Related terms

* Anička
* Anka
* Anuška

## 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

### References

* 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: /ˈɑ.naː/
* Audio:(file)
* 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

#### Declension

| singular indefinite nominative Anna accusative Onnu dative Onnu genitive Onnu | singular indefinite nominative Anna accusative Annu dative Annu genitive Annu |

## 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: /ˈɑnːɑ/, [ˈɑ̝nːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
* Hyphenation: An‧na

### Proper noun

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’sAnd 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

* 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

Possessive forms of Anna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Annani
Annani
accusative
nom.
Annani
Annani
gen.
Annani
genitive
Annani
Annojeni Annaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Annaani
Annojani
inessive
Annassani
Annoissani
elative
Annastani
Annoistani
illative
Annaani
Annoihini
adessive
Annallani
Annoillani
ablative
Annaltani
Annoiltani
allative
Annalleni
Annoilleni
essive
Annanani
Annoinani
translative
Annakseni
Annoikseni
abessive
Annattani
Annoittani
instructive
comitative
—Annoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Annasi
Annasi
accusative
nom.
Annasi
Annasi
gen.
Annasi
genitive
Annasi
Annojesi Annaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Annaasi
Annojasi
inessive
Annassasi
Annoissasi
elative
Annastasi
Annoistasi
illative
Annaasi
Annoihisi
adessive
Annallasi
Annoillasi
ablative
Annaltasi
Annoiltasi
allative
Annallesi
Annoillesi
essive
Annanasi
Annoinasi
translative
Annaksesi
Annoiksesi
abessive
Annattasi
Annoittasi
instructive
comitative
—Annoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Annamme
Annamme
accusative
nom.
Annamme
Annamme
gen.
Annamme
genitive
Annamme
Annojemme Annaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Annaamme
Annojamme
inessive
Annassamme
Annoissamme
elative
Annastamme
Annoistamme
illative
Annaamme
Annoihimme
adessive
Annallamme
Annoillamme
ablative
Annaltamme
Annoiltamme
allative
Annallemme
Annoillemme
essive
Annanamme
Annoinamme
translative
Annaksemme
Annoiksemme
abessive
Annattamme
Annoittamme
instructive
comitative
—Annoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Annanne
Annanne
accusative
nom.
Annanne
Annanne
gen.
Annanne
genitive
Annanne
Annojenne Annainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Annaanne
Annojanne
inessive
Annassanne
Annoissanne
elative
Annastanne
Annoistanne
illative
Annaanne
Annoihinne
adessive
Annallanne
Annoillanne
ablative
Annaltanne
Annoiltanne
allative
Annallenne
Annoillenne
essive
Annananne
Annoinanne
translative
Annaksenne
Annoiksenne
abessive
Annattanne
Annoittanne
instructive
comitative
—Annoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Annansa
Annansa
accusative
nom.
Annansa
Annansa
gen.
Annansa
genitive
Annansa
Annojensa Annainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Annaansa
Annojaan Annojansa
inessive
Annassaan Annassansa
Annoissaan Annoissansa
elative
Annastaan Annastansa
Annoistaan Annoistansa
illative
Annaansa
Annoihinsa
adessive
Annallaan Annallansa
Annoillaan Annoillansa
ablative
Annaltaan Annaltansa
Annoiltaan Annoiltansa
allative
Annalleen Annallensa
Annoilleen Annoillensa
essive
Annanaan Annanansa
Annoinaan Annoinansa
translative
Annakseen Annaksensa
Annoikseen Annoiksensa
abessive
Annattaan Annattansa
Annoittaan Annoittansa
instructive
comitative
—Annoineen Annoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* Annala
* Annukka
* Anna-Kaisa
* Anna-Leena
* Anna-Liisa
* Anna-Maija
* Anna-Mari
* Anna-Maria
* annansilmä

#### 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 28,677 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

* 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: /a.na/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Anna f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Ann

### Anagrams

* nana

## German
### Etymology

From Latin Anna, which see.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈana/, [ˈʔa.na]
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### 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
* Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒnːɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: An‧na
* Rhymes: -nɒ

### Proper noun

Anna
* a female given name, equivalent to English Ann

#### Derived terms

* Ancsa
* Anikó
* Annácska
* Annus
* Panna
* Annabella
* Annakata
* Annaliza
* Annamária
* Annaróza
* Annavera

#### Related terms

* Anett
* Anetta
* Anica
* Anita
* Anka
* Hanna
* Nina

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈatn̥a/
* Rhymes: -anːa
    Homophone: anna

### 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: /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

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈan.na/, [ˈänːä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈan.na/, [ˈänːä]

### Proper noun

Anna f sg (genitive Annae); first declension
* a female given name, equivalent to English Ann

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### Descendants

* Italian: Anna

### Proper noun

Annā f
* ablative of Anna

## 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
* 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
* 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: (13th CE) /ˈanna/
* IPA: (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: /ˈan.na/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Audio 3:(file)
* 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: /ˈan̪ˠa/, /ˈan̪ˠə/

### Proper noun

Anna f (diminutive Annag)
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Ann

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈana]

### Proper noun

Anna f (genitive singular Anny, nominative plural Anny, declension pattern of žena)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Ann

#### Derived terms

* anenský
* Hana
* Anča
* Anica
* Anina
* Anuľa, Hanuľa
* Anka, Hanka
* Anička, Hanička

### 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, 2003–2025

## 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: /²ana/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

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

* 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
* 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: /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

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎, Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 17