Anna
The name Anna [ah-nuh][1] is a female given name with multiple variants. In Hebrew, it means "favor" or "grace".[2] 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.[3] This name was ranked #84 on the US Popular Female Names in 2021.[4]
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
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- Anna, a character in the 2006 song "Boten Anna" by Basshunter
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Definition of anna | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ↑ "anna name Meaning and Origin". babys.name. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ↑ "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ↑ OACT. "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-27.