Anna

The name Anna [ah-nuh] is a female given name with multiple variants. In Hebrew, it means "favor" or "grace". The variant Anne was originally French, although it has been in use in English for hundreds of years. The variant spelling Ann was originally English. There are countless famous people, queens and saints under this name and its variants. The year when the name Anna was most popular is 1904. In that year, the number of births is 5330, which represents 1.823 percent of total female births in 1904. This name was ranked #84 on the US Popular Female Names in 2021. 

The Spanish variant Ana has been used for Atlantic tropical cyclones. There are also many composite variants of Anna, including Annabelle (which is French) and Annabella (which is Italian).

People named Anna
 Saint Anne, known by tradition as the mother of the Virgin Mary
 Anna of Russia (1693–1740), Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740
 Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1549–1580) 
 Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966), Russian poet
 Anna Atkins (1799–1871), British botanist and photographer
 Anna Bergendahl (born 1991), Swedish singer and former Idol 2008 contestant
 Anna Camp (born 1982), American actress
 Anna Deavere Smith (born 1950), American actress, playwright, and professor
 Anna Faris (born 1976), American actress
 Anna Freud (1895–1982), Austrian-British psychoanalyst
 Anna J. Cooper  (1858–1964), African-American author, educator, speaker and scholar
 Anna Karina (1940–2019), Danish-French actress
 Anna Kendrick (born 1985), American actress
 Anna Lee Fisher (born 1949), American astronaut and physician
 Anna Levinson (1939–2015), German zoologist
 Anna Lindh (1957–2003), Swedish politician and lawyer
 Anna Mae Bullock (1938–2023), American singer, better known as Tina Turner
 Anna Maria Alberghetti (born 1936) Italian-American opera singer and actress
 Anna May Wong (1905–1961), Chinese-American actress
 Anna Nicole Smith (1967–2007), American model, actress, and television personality 
 Anna Paquin (born 1982), New Zealand actress
 Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), Russian prima ballerina
 Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795–1865), Queen of the Netherlands
 Anna Politkovskaya (1958-2006), Russian journalist
 Anna Wintour (born 1949), British-American media executive, former editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine

Places
 Anna, Estonia, a village in Paide Parish, Järva County, Estonia
 Anna Regina, the capital of the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana
 Anna, Latvia, a village in the Alūksne District, Latvia
 Anna Valley, a village in Hampshire, United Kingdom
 Anna, Kentucky, United States
 Anna, Illinois, United States
 Anna, Ohio, United States
 Anna, Texas, United States
 Lake Anna, a freshwater lake in central Virginia, United States

Rivers
 Anna River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
 North Anna River in Virginia, tributary of the Pamunkey River
 South Anna River in Virginia, tributary of the Pamunkey River

Fictional use
 Anna, a character in the 2006 song "Boten Anna" by Basshunter

References

Category:Given names