Anna.
A female given name from Latin.
Meaning & usage
A female given name from Latin.
A prophetess in the New Testament.
A city in Illinois.
A city in Texas.
A town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia.
A village in Järva, Estonia.
A village in Fars Province, Iran.
A village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran.
A village in Ohio; after Anna Thirkield, an early settler.
A municipality of the Valencian Community, Spain.
Where this word comes from
From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anne the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a city in Illinois, named for Anna Davie, wife of one of the initial settlers. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah.
Alternative spelling of Anah, a city in Anbar, Iraq.
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