English

Proper noun

Anna ‎(plural Annas)

1. A female given name.
   • ~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 (2014), ISBN 978-0-00-759135-0, 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 1987, ISBN 081614169X, 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."

2. A prophetess in the New Testament.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), 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;

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 apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary.
• Anna is periodically popular in the English-speaking world as a Latinate variant of Ann/Anne.

Translations

Anagrams

• naan, Nana, nana

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈannə/
• (Western) IPA^(key): /ˈanna/

Proper noun

Anna f

1. A female given name, the Catalan equivalent of English Ann.

Czech

Proper noun

Anna f

1. A female given name, cognate to English Ann.

Related terms

• Anka, Anuška.

Danish

Proper noun

Anna

1. A female given name, cognate to English Ann.
2. 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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Anna ?

1. A female given name, cognate to English Ann.

Related terms

• An,Anita, Ank, Anke, Ankie, Anne, Annet, Annette, Annie, Annita, Anoejska, Ans, Antje.

Estonian

Proper noun

Anna

1. A female given name, cognate 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)

1. A female given name, cognate to English Ann.

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑnːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Hyphenation: An‧na

Proper noun

Anna

1. A female given name.
   • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 14 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):

     Aviona oli hänellä Seunalan hoikka tytär, liinatukkainen, kainosilmäinen Anna, hän, joka oli nähnyt kummia näköjä ja houraillen ennustellut paljon ihmeitä.

     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 9513061434, 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. [ - - - ]

     Minulla on myös veli, jonka nimi on Veli. Meitä yhdisti kateus. Me kadehdimme Annalta hänen nimeään.

   • 2010 Ilkka Raitasuo - Terhi Siltala, Kellokosken prinsessa, Like Kustannus Oy, ISBN 978-952-01-0509-9, 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.

2. (obsolete) Anna (biblical prophetess)
   • 1548 Se Wsi Testamenti, Lucan Euangeliumi 2:36:

     Ja oli Anna Prophetissa Phanuelin Tyter Aserin sughusta teme oli ioutunudh pitkelle ijelle ia oli elenyt miehens cansa seitzemen wootha hene' Neitzydeste's

     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; (KJV Luke 2:36)

Declension

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.

Related terms

• (given names) Anita, Anitta, Anja, Anna-Liisa, Anne, Anneli, Anni, Anniina, Annika, Annikki, Annukka, Anu, Hanna
• (surnames) Annala

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.

Proper noun

Anna f

1. A female given name.

Anagrams

• nana

German

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα ‎(Ánna), equal to the Hebrew female name חַנָּה ‎(ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate to English Ann.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔana/

Proper noun

Anna

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• (pet forms ) Ännchen, Ännerl, Ännerle.
• (variants): Anette, Anika, Anita, Anja, Anke, Anne, Anneli, Annelie, Anneliese, Annemarie, Annette, Anni, Annika, Anny, Antje.

Gothic

Romanization

Anna

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• (old orthography) Ána

Etymology

Borrowing from Danish Anna.

Proper noun

Anna

1. A female given name.
2. Anna (biblical)

Related terms

• Aani
• Anni

References

• Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, ISBN 978-87-990324-3-3
• Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒnːɒ]
• Hyphenation: An‧na

Proper noun

Anna

1. A female given name. Hungarian equivalent of English Ann, Anne, Anna.

Declension

Derived terms

• Annácska
• Annamária

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanːa/
• Rhymes: -anːa

  Homophones: anna

Proper noun

Anna f (genitive singular Önnu)

1. A female given name, cognate to English Ann.

Declension

Italian

Proper noun

Anna ?

1. A female given name, cognate to English Ann.
2. Hannah (Biblical mother of Samuel)
3. Anna (Biblical prophetess)

Related terms

• Annina, Nina.

Anagrams

• nana

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

1. A female given name.
2. A transliteration of the female given names Ann and Anne from various languages, and of the Russian А́нна ‎(Ánna).

Related terms

• Ance, Anete, Anita, Annija, Enija

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• 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

1. A female given name.
2. 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 82-521-4483-7
• 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.

Polish

Etymology

From Hebrew female name חַנָּה ‎(ḥannâ) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan̪ːa/

Proper noun

Anna f

1. A female given name.

Declension

Related terms

• Andzia, Aneczka, Ania, Anka, Anula, Anusia.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Anna f

1. A female given name; Alternative spelling of Ana

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Anna

1. A female given name, cognate to English Ann.

Related terms

• Annag

Slovak

Proper noun

Anna f

1. A female given name.

Swedish

Etymology

First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1291. 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

1. A female given name.
   • 1994 Marianne Fredriksson, Anna, Hanna och Johanna, Wahlström & Widstrand (2001), ISBN 9146182942, 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.

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 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.

English

Noun

anna ‎(plural annas)

1. A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or 1/16 rupee.

Translations

Anagrams

• naan, Nana, nana

Finnish

(index an)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnːɑˣ/
• Hyphenation: an‧na

Verb

anna

1. Indicative present connegative form of antaa.

   • (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät anna sitä minulle.
     • I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't give it to me.

2. Second-person singular imperative present form of antaa.

   • Anna sitä minulle!
     • Give it to me!

3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of antaa.

   • Älä anna sitä minulle!
     • Don't give it to me!

Anagrams

• cancan

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse anna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanːa/
• Rhymes: -anːa

Verb

anna ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative annaði, supine annað)

1. (transitive, with dative) to manage, be able to do
2. (reflexive, with dative) to care for, see to

Conjugation

Related terms

• umönnun
• önn

Japanese

Romanization

anna

1. rōmaji reading of あんな

Latin

Verb

annā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of annō

References

• anna in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ANNA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• anna in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Bokmål

Determiner

anna f

1. feminine singular of annen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Determiner

anna

1. feminine singular of annan
2. neuter singular of annan

Old Norse

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ann-a

Verb

anna

1. to bring to completion

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

• anna in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ANNA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• anna in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Turkmen

Noun

anna ‎(definite accusative annany, plural annalar)

1. Friday