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Gender
Feminine
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Origin of the Name Anna
Hebrew
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Usage of the Name Anna
English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Greek, Finnish, Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Estonian, Hungarian, Irish, Breton, Catalan, Biblical
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Meaning of the Name Anna
The name Anna is a Latin (via Greek) form of the Hebrew name Hannah meaning "grace, favour".
In the New Testament Anna was an old Jewish prophetess. When Jesus' parents presented him at the Temple of Jerusalem, she spoke of his future to others who were present. The name Anna has been popular since the 14th century.
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Interesting Facts about Anna
- Anna Perenna was a Roman goddess celebrated at the beginning of the Roman new year.
- Anna Karenina (1877) by Leo Tolstoy is hailed as one of the greatest novels of the world.
- There is a tragic opera by Gaetano Donizetti called Anna Bolena (1830) about Anne Boleyn.
- Anna in the Tropics (2002) by Nilo Cruz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the Cuban cigar industry.
- Anna Tellwright is the main character in one of Arnold Bennett's most famous novels, Anna of the Five Towns (1902).
- The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I (1951) is based on the novel Anna and the King of Siam (1944) by Margaret Landon.
- Anna's Hummingbird is a red-crowned hummingbird that lives along the American Pacific Coast.
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Famous Bearers
Bearers of the name include Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743 - 1825), an English poet and author;
Anna Pavlova (1881 - 1931), a Russian ballerina;
Anna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), a Russian poet;
Anna Magnani (1908 - 1973), an Italian actress;
Anna Vissi (born 1957), a Cypriot-Greek singer;
Anna Kournikova (born 1981), a Russian tennis player and model;
Anna Popplewell (born 1988), an English actress.
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Names Related to Anna
List of names related to Anna.
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