Anne
A female given name from French.
Proper noun rare
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, of mainly French and Frisian usage, see Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
Origin
A shortened form of any of various Germanic masculine names which began with arn (eagle), such as Arnold.
Proper noun Entry 2
- A female given name from French.
- Immortal God, that savedest Susanne / From false blame; and thou merciful maid, / Mary I mean, the daughter to Saint Anne, /Before whose child the angels sing Osanne, - 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury...
- "What do you think they are going to name the baby? Anne; after her and her mamma. So very ugly a name!" "I don't think so," said Mr Carlyle. "It is simple and unpretending. I like it much. Look at the long, pretentious...
- "But if you call me Anne please call me Anne spelled with an e." "What difference does it make how it's spelled?" asked Marilla with another rusty smile as she picked up the teapot. "Oh, it makes such a difference. It...
Origin
From French Anne (“Ann”), from Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ann, Ana, Anna, and Hannah. Compare John.
Forms
Related
Ana Anika Anissa Anita Anna Annabel Annabelle Anneliese Annetta Annette Hannah Keanna Nan Nancy Nanette Nannie Nanny
Derived
Anne Arundel County Annie Joanne Lac Ste. Anne Lytham St Annes Princess Anne Queen Anne's Bounty Queen Anne's County Queen Anne's dead Queen Anne's lace Queen Anne's thimbles Royal Anne St Anne's