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Anna name meaning

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1k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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What does the name Anna mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Anna

User Submitted Origins

English
38%
Hebrew
32%
German
8%
Spanish
5%
Italian
5%
Greek
3%
Polish
2%
Bulgarian
2%
Russian
2%
African
2%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A submission from Illinois, U.S. says the name Anna means "Favor, grace, beauty, and grace of God" and is of Russian origin.
  2. A submission from South Carolina, U.S. says the name Anna means "Grace of God, mercy, a gift from God" and is of Hebrew origin.
  3. A submission from Arizona, U.S. says the name Anna means "Favor or grace or beautiful".
  4. According to a user from France, the name Anna is of Hebrew origin and means "The grace, beautiful, favor".
  5. A submission from Italy says the name Anna means "Full of grace, divine grace, gracious, merciful" and is of Hebrew origin.
  6. A user from Ohio, U.S. says the name Anna means "Loyal yet stubborn, grace of god".
  7. A submission from Colorado, U.S. says the name Anna means "Graceful, Beautiful, Kind".
  8. According to 4 people from all over the world, the name Anna is of Spanish origin and means "Grace of god".
  9. According to a user from Pennsylvania, U.S., the name Anna means "Graceful thankful and beautiful also happy".
  10. A submission from California, U.S. says the name Anna means "Grace, mercy" and is of Hebrew origin.
  11. 8 submissions from all over the world agree the name Anna means "Grace" and is of Hebrew origin.
  12. 3 submissions from all over the world agree the name Anna means "Gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
  13. According to 3 people from all over the world, the name Anna is of Spanish origin and means "QUEEN".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun An"na
An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2� cents.

Etymology: Hindi ānā

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. A former copper coin of Pakistan and India
Wiktionary

The Latinate and New Testament form of Ann, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), equal to the Hebrew female name חַנָּה‎ (ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious".

  • The US city was named after Anna Davie, the wife of one of the first settlers.
  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
  2. A prophetess in the New Testament.
  3. A city in Illinois; after Anna Davie, an early settler.
  4. A city in Texas.
  5. A town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia.
  6. A village in Järva, Estonia.
  7. A village in Fars, Iran.
  8. A village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Iran.
  9. A village in Ohio; after Anna Thirkield, an early settler.
  10. A municipality of Valencia, Spain.

Anna was also found in the following language(s): Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, German, Greenlandic, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Scottish Gaelic, Slovak, and Swedish

Notable Persons Named Anna

Notable Persons Named Anna

Anna Kendrick

Anna Kendrick is an actress and singer. She has had major accomplishments since 1998. Anna was born on August 9th, 1985 in Portland, Maine, United States.

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Anna Faris

Anna Faris is an actress and producer. She has had major accomplishments since 1991. Anna was given the name Anna Kay Faris on November 29th, 1976 in Baltimore, Maryland, US.

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Tina Turner

Her career lasted from 1958 to 1958. Tina was given the name Anna Mae Bullock on November 26th, 1939 in Nutbush, Tennessee, U.S. Tina is also known as Anna Mae Turner, Tina Turner Bach, Little Ann, and Ann.

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Anna Nicole Smith

Anna Nicole Smith was a model, actress, and television personality. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1992 to 2007. Anna was given the name Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28th, 1967 in Houston, Texas, U.S. She died on February 8th, 2007.

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Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is an actress. She was most prominent from 1993 to 1993. Anna was given the name Anna Helene Paquin on July 24th, 1982 in Winnipeg.

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Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft was an actress. Her career lasted from 1951 to 2005. Anne was given the name Anna Maria Louisa Italiano on September 17th, 1931 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. She died on June 6th, 2005.

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  • Anna Wintour
    Magazine Editor
  • Anna Kournikova
    Tennis Player
  • Anna Friel
    Actress
  • Anna Gunn
    Actress
  • Anna Popplewell
    Actress
  • Anna Torv
    Actress
  • Louise Bryant
    Journalist
  • Anna Richardson
    Television Presenter
  • Anna Chapman
    Entrepreneur
  • Anna Anderson
  • Anna Akhmatova
    Writer
  • Anna Hutchison
    Actress
  • Anna Pavlova
    Ballet Dancer
  • Anna Netrebko
    Opera Singer

Notable Persons With the Last Name Anna

Notable Persons With the Last Name Anna

Antonio López de Santa Anna

Antonio López de Santa Anna was an 8th President of Mexico. Antonio was born on February 21st, 1794 in Xalapa, Veracruz, Viceroyalty of New Spain. Antonio is also known as López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón and Antonio de Padua María Severino (Spanish). He left this life on June 21st, 1876.

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Anna

Anna was royalty. Her ongoing career started in 1730. Anna was born as the child of Ivan V of Russia and Praskovia Saltykova on February 7th, 1693 in Moscow. She died on October 28th, 1740.

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Anna Polina

Anna was given the name Anna on September 11th, 1989 in Saint Petersburg.

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Maria Anna

Maria Anna was royalty. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1649 to 1665. Maria was born as the child of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria Anna of Spain on December 24th, 1634 in Wiener Neustadt. She left this life on May 16th, 1696.

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Archduchess Maria Anna

Archduchess was born as the child of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria Theresa on October 6th, 1738 in Vienna. She breathed her last breath on November 19th, 1789.

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Anna Chandy

Anna Chandy was a judge. She holds the title Hon. Justice. Anna was given the name Anna on May 4th, 1905 in Thiruvananthapuram. She left this life in 1996.

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Anna U.S.
  White 79.14% 64.26%
  African American 5.19% 11.96%
  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 6.39% 4.85%
  American Indian and Alaska Native 3.29% 0.69%
  Two or More Ethnicities 1.10% 1.76%
  Hispanic or Latino 4.89% 16.26%

Of Last Name Anna

People with the last name Anna are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Anna

  • What name lists does Anna rank for?
  • How Popular is the name Anna? Anna is the 51st most popular name of all time. In 2019 Anna was the 63rd most popular name. As a last name Anna was the 24,838th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Anna have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 899,482 babies born with the first name Anna in the United States. That's more than enough people named Anna to occupy the country of Fiji with an estimated population of 876,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Anna? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 2,616 new born babies.
  • When was Anna first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Anna is Friday, March 6th, 1835.
  • What year had the most people named Anna born? The highest recorded use of the first name Anna was in 1918 with a total of 15,666 babies. That's a lot of babies named Anna!
  • Random Anna Factoid: According to the 1914 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Anna ranks 58th in popularity as a baby girl's name in Utah. Imagine that, 14 babies in Utah have the same name in 1914.
  • Weird things about the name Anna: The name spelled backwards is Anna. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Nana. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Anna? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 1,002 people with the last name Anna.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Anna? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Anna as their last name since less than 1 person in 294k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
  • Anna name meaning

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