Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the Greek: Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah (Hebrew: חַנָּה, romanized: Ḥannāh), meaning "favour" or "grace".
Pronunciation | /ˈænə/ |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Hebrew, Greek, Latin |
Meaning | favour, grace |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Ana, Anne, Annie |
See also | Hanna |
Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Ana, Anne, originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for hundreds of years, and Ann, which was originally the English spelling. Saint Anne is traditionally the name of the mother of the Virgin Mary, which accounts for its wide use and popularity among Christians. The name has also been used for numerous saints and queens. In the context of pre-Christian Europe, the name can be found in Virgil's Aeneid,[1] where Anna appears as the sister of Dido advising her to keep Aeneas in her city.
Variant forms edit
Alternate forms of Anna, including spelling variants, short forms, diminutives and transliterations are:
- Aenn - English
- Aen - English
- Aina – Catalan, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian
- An – Dutch, Vietnamese
- Ann - English
- Ana – Bulgarian, Croatian, English, Galician, Georgian, Hawaiian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Slovak, Spanish, Albanian, Bosnian
- حنا – Arabic
- ანა – Georgian
- Anaïs – Catalan, French, Provençal
- Anano – Georgian
- Anča – Czech, Romanian, Turkish
- Ance – Latvian
- Anci – Hungarian
- Ancsa – Hungarian
- Anša – Bosnian, Swahili
- Ansja – Swedish, Dutch
- Ane – Basque, Danish, Hawaiian
- Anechka – Russian
- Anelie – German
- Anella – Estonian
- Anelle – Estonian
- Anete – Estonian, Latvian
- Anett – Estonian, Hungarian
- Anette – Danish, Estonian, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
- Ania – Polish, Russian, Ukrainian,
- Anica – Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish
- Anice – Scots
- Anicuta – Portuguese, Romanian
- Anika – Danish, Dutch, German
- Annika – Swedish, Finnish
- Anikó – Hungarian
- Anilla – Hungarian
- Anina – German
- Anna, Anissa, Ana, Anne – Indonesian
- Anissa – English
- Anisa – Albanian
- Anita – Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, English, Polish, Hungarian
- Anitte – German
- Annychka – Ukrainian
- Anja – Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish
- Anka – Bulgarian, Czech, German, Croatian, Polish, Russian, Serbian
- Anke – Frisian, German
- Anne – Danish, English, Estonian, French, Swedish
- Anna – Afrikaans, Armenian, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Malayalam, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian (Анна), Slovakian, Swedish, Spanish, Vietnamese
- 安娜 – Mandarin Chinese
- アンナ – Japanese
- 杏奈 – Japanese
- 안나 (An-na) – Korean[2]
- Annaki – Greek
- Annamma – Malayalam
- Annchen – German
- Ann – Danish, Dutch, English, French, German
- Annechien - Dutch
- Anneka – English
- Anneke – Dutch
- Anneli – Estonian, Finnish, Swedish
- Annelie – Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- Annella – Scots
- Annele – Latvian
- Annelle – French
- Annet – Dutch
- Annetta – Italian
- Annette – Danish, Dutch, French, Swedish
- Anni – Estonian, Finnish, German, Swedish
- Annick – Breton
- Annie – Danish, Dutch, English, French, Norwegian, Swedish
- Anniina – Finnish
- Annija – Latvian
- Annika – Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Swedish
- Annike – Estonian
- Anniken – Norwegian
- Anniki – Estonian
- Annikki – Finnish
- Anniņa – Latvian
- Annio – Greek
- Annora – English
- Annouche – French
- Annoula – Greek
- Annu – Finnish
- Annus – Hungarian
- Annukka – Finnish
- Annushka – Russian
- Annuska – Hungarian
- Anona – English
- Anouk – Dutch, French
- Ans – Dutch
- Antje – Dutch, German
- Anu – Estonian, Finnish
- Anushka – Russian
- Anya – Russian
- Anyuta, Anyutka – Russian
- Asya – Russian
- Asenka – Russian
- Chana – Hebrew
- Chanah – Hebrew
- Channah – Hebrew
- Hajnal – Hungarian
- Hana ܚܐܢܐ – Syriac
- Hana – Czech, Lithuanian, Slovak, Turkish, Romanian
- Hania – Ukrainian, Polish
- Hanna – Belarusian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Ge'ez, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Hungarian
- Hannah – Hebrew, Arabic, English, Estonian, Swedish
- Hanne – German, Scandinavian
- Hannela – Estonian
- Hannele – Estonian, Finnish
- Hannelore – German
- Hannusia – Ukrainian
- Hena – Yiddish
- Henda – Yiddish
- Hendel – Yiddish
- Hene – Yiddish
- Henye – Yiddish
- Ona – Hebrew, Lithuanian, Finnish
- Onnee – Manx
- Panka – Hungarian
- Panna – Hungarian
- Panni – Hungarian
- Աննա – Armenian
- แอนนา - Thai language
Composite names including Anna and variants edit
- Áine – Irish version of Anna
- Anabel – English, Galician, Polish, Spanish, Hungarian
- Anabela – Portuguese
- Anabella – Spanish, English, Hungarian
- Anabelle – English
- Ana Laura - Spanish, Portuguese
- Analeigh – English
- Ana Lidia - Spanish, Portuguese
- Ana Luisa - Spanish, Portuguese
- Ana Maria – Portuguese
- Ana María – Spanish,Bulgaria Language Bulgarian
- Anamaria – English
- Anamaría – Spanish
- Ana-Maria – Romanian,Bulgarian
- Ann – Dutch, English
- Annabel – Catalan, Dutch, English, Estonian
- Anna-Bella – English, Swedish
- Annabell – Hungarian
- Annabella – English, German, Italian, Swedish, Hungarian
- Annabelle – English, French
- Annabeth – English
- Anna-Carin – Swedish
- Anna Greta - English, German, Swedish
- Anna-Greta – Swedish
- Anna Julia - English, German, Swedish
- Anna-Julia - Swedish
- Anna Laura - English, German, Swedish
- Anna-Laura - Swedish
- Annalee – English
- Annaleigh - English
- Annaline - English
- Annalyn - English
- Annalynne - English
- Annalyssa - English
- Anna Lisa - English, German, Swedish
- Anna-Lisa – Swedish
- Anna Lidia - English, German, Swedish
- Anna-Lidia - Swedish
- Anna Louisa - English, German, Swedish
- Anna-Louisa - Swedish
- Anna Maria – English, German, Swedish, Catalan, Bulgarian
- Anna-Maria – Estonian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Bulgarian
- Annamaria – Italian, Bulgarian
- Annamária – Hungarian
- Ann-Britt – Swedish
- Ann-Charlotte – Swedish
- Ann-Christin – Swedish
- Annegret – German
- Anneke – Dutch
- Annelien – Dutch
- Annelies – Dutch, German
- Anneliese – Dutch, German
- Annelise – Danish
- Anneloes – Dutch
- Annemarie – Dutch, English, German
- Annemiek – Dutch
- Annemieke – Dutch
- Annesophie – German
- Ann-Kristin – Swedish
- Ann-Louise – Swedish
- Ann-Margret – Swedish
- Ann-Mari – Swedish
- Ann-Marie – Swedish
- Annmarie – English
- Ann-Sofi – Swedish
- Ann-Sofie – Swedish
- Ittianna – Malayalam
- Jillianna - English, German
- Jillianne - English, French
- Julianna - English, German
- Julianne - English, French
- Lauranna - English, German
- Lauranne - English, French
- Leann – English
- Leanna – English
- Leanne – English
- Leeann – English
- Lianna - English
- Liliana - Portuguese
- Lisann – Estonian
- Lisanna – Estonian
- Lisanne – Dutch, English, Estonian
- Luana – English
- Luann – English
- Luanna – English
- Luanne – English
- Lyanna – English, French, Greek, Latin
- Lyanne – English, French, Greek, Latin
- Marian – English, Estonian, Slovak
- Mariana – Czech, Estonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
- Mariann – Estonian, Hungarian
- Marianna – Hungarian
- Mari-Ann – Estonian
- Mari-Anna – Estonian
- Marianna – English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian
- Mari-Anne – Estonian
- Marianne – English, Danish, Estonian, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- Marijana – Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
- Marjaana – Estonian, Finnish
- Marjaane – Estonian
- Marjan – Dutch
- Marjana – Croatian, Danish
- Maryann – English
- Maryanne – English
- Hanna-Liina – Estonian
- Pollyanna – English
- Rosanna – English, Italian, Portuguese
- Roseanne – English
- Ruthanne – English
- Saranna – English
People edit
Anna is a very common given name. People with the name include:
Academics, medicine, and science edit
- Anna Agnarsdóttir (born 1947), Icelandic academic
- Anna Aizer, labor and health economist
- Anna Akhmanova (born 1967), Russian cell biologist
- Anna Amtmann, German scientist
- Anna A. Angell (1844–1906), American physician
- Anna Apostolaki (1880–1958), Greek archaeologist and museum curator
- Anna Atkins (1799–1871), British botanist and photographer
- Anna Baetjer (1899–1984), American physiologist
- Anna Bågenholm, Swedish radiologist
- Anna Balazs (born 1953), American materials scientist
- Anna Balletbó i Puig (born 1943), Spanish academic and politician
- Anna Banerji, Canadian academic and doctor
- Anna Baranowsky, Canadian clinical psychologist
- Anna Barnacka, Polish astrophysicist and entrepreneur
- Anna Coble (died 2009), American biophysicist
- Anna Bailey Coles (died 2015), American physician
- Anna Manning Comfort (1845–1931), American physician
- Anna Baright Curry (1854–1924), American educator, founder of Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts
- Anna Lukens (1844–1917), American physician
- Anna K. Mapp (born 1970), American chemist
- Anna McAllister (1888–1961), American historian
- Anna Melyukova (1921–2004), Russian archaeologist
- Anna Merz (1931–2013), English conservationist
- Anna Anderson Morton (1876–1961), British egyptologist
- Anna Mullikin (1893–1975), American mathematician and early investigator of point set theory
- Anna Amelia Obermeyer (1907–2001), South African botanist
- Anna Barbara Reinhart (1730–1796), Swiss mathematician
- Anna Stroka (1923–2020), Polish literary historian and author
- Anna Strutt, New Zealand academic
- Anna May Waters (1903–1987), Canadian nurse
- Anna Weber-van Bosse (1852–1921), Dutch phycologist
- Anna Irwin Young (1873–1920), American mathematician
Activism edit
- Anna Åbergsson (1871–1937), Swedish activist
- Anna Alboth, Polish activist and journalist
- Anna Mae Aquash (1945–1975), First Nations activist
- Anna Baltzer, American human rights activist
- Anna Smeed Benjamin (1834–1924), American social reformer
- Anna Gardner (1816–1901), American abolitionist, poet, teacher
- Anna Adams Gordon
(1853–1931), American social reformer
- Anna M. Hammer (1840–1910), American philanthropist and temperance movement leader
- Anna Arnold Hedgeman (1899–1990), American civil rights leader and politician
- Anna Jacobsen (1924–2004), Norwegian champion of Southern Sami language and culture
- Anna Lewis (1889–1976), British suffragette, member of the militant Women's Social and Political Union
- Anna Sophia Polak (1874–1943), Dutch Jewish feminist and author
- Anna Rankin Riggs (1835–1908), American social reformer
- Anna Stonum (1958–1999), American artist and disability rights activist based in Chicago
- Anna Augusta Truitt (1837–1920), American philanthropist, reformer, essayist
Aristocracy edit
- Anna of Austria (1528–1590), daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
- Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (1573–1598), Queen consort of Poland and Sweden, wife of Sigismund III Vasa
- Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1549–1580), Queen consort of Spain, wife of Philip II
- Anna Abrikosova (1882–1936), Russian catholic religious sister and translator
- Anna Alexander (1865–1947), American episcopal deaconess and saint
- Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1723–1787), Prussian princess
- Anna Anachoutlou (died 1342), empress of Trebizond
- Anna Komnene Angelina, empress consort of Nicaea
- Anna Baryatinskaya (1772–1825), Russian countess
- Anna Angelina Komnene Doukaina (died 1258), queen consort of Serbia
- Anna van Egmont (1533–1558), Dutch noble, first wife of William the Silent
- Anna d'Este (1531–1607), Italian-born French princess
- Countess Anna Henckel von Donnersmarck (born 1973), German filmmaker and aristocrat
- Anna of Hohenstaufen (1230–1307), Empress of Nicaea
- Anna Khanum (died 1647), Queen consort of Iran, wife of Safi I
- Anna Komnene (1083–1153), daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexius I and writer of the Alexiad
- Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria (1616–1676), Italian noble, Austrian royal consort
- Anna Palaiologina (died 1320), Byzantine princess
- Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795–1865), Queen consort of the Netherlands, wife of William II
- Anna Porphyrogenita (963–1011), Grand Princess consort of Kiev
- Anna of Russia (1693–1740), Empress of Russia
- Anna of Savoy (1306–1365), Byzantine Empress consort
- Anna of Saxony (1544–1577), German noble, second wife of William the Silent
- Anna of Trebizond (died 1342), Empress of Trebizond
- Anna of Tyrol (1585–1618), Holy Roman Empress
Arts and entertainment edit
- Anna Amalie Abert (1906–1996), German musicologist
- Anna Barbara Abesch (1706–1773), Swiss artist
- Anna Adelaïde Abrahams (1849–1930), Dutch still life painter
- Anna Abreu (born 1990), Finnish-Portuguese singer
- Anna Acton (born 1977), English actress
- Anna Aglatova (born 1982), Russian soprano singer
- Anna Molka Ahmed (1917–1994), Pakistani painter artist
- Anna Airy (1882–1964), English painter and etcher
- Anna Akana (born 1989), American actress and filmmaker
- Anna Maria Alberghetti (born 1936), Italian-born operatic singer and actress
- Anna Alchuk (1955–2008), Russian painter, poet and author
- Anna Allen Martin (born 1977), Spanish actress
- Anna Alma-Tadema (1867–1943), British artist
- Anna Amendola (1931–2019), Italian actress
- Anna Ammirati (born 1979), Italian actress
- Anna Ancher (1859–1935), Danish painter
- Anna Andreeva (1917–2008), Russian textile designer
- Anna Andres (born 1993), Ukrainian model
- Anna Anka, Swedish-American model, actress and author
- Anna Antonenko-Lukonina (born 1937), Russian actress
- Anna Appel (1888–1963), Romanian-born American actress
- Anna Appleby, British composer
- Anna Arena (1919–1974), Italian actress
- Anna Arnott, Scottish singer
- Anna Asp (born 1946), Swedish production designer and art director
- Anna Asti (born 1990), Ukrainian-Russian singer
- Anna Åström (born 1990), Swedish actress
- Anna Azerli (born 1989), New Zealand-Italian singer and model
- Anna Bache-Wiig (born 1975), Norwegian actress and writer
- Anna P. Baker (1928–1985), Canadian visual artist
- Anna Bamford (born 1989), Australian actress
- Anna Banana (born 1940), Canadian artist
- Anna Banner (born 1995), Nigerian pageant and actress
- Anna Barbara Bansi (1777–1863), French artist
- Anna Bård (born 1980), Danish actress and model
- Anna Báró (1920–1994), Hungarian actress
- Anna Barriball, British artist based in South London
- Anna Barsukova (born 1981), Russian film director and screenwriter
- Anna Bartels (1869–1950), Swedish operatic soprano
- Anna Baryshnikov (born 1992), American actress
- Anna Bazhutova (born c. 1993), Russian streamer
- Anna Bergendahl (born 1991), Swedish singer
- Anna Bochkoltz (1815–1879), German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer
- Anna Borg (1903–1963), Danish-Icelandic actress
- Anna Mae Bullock (1938–2023), American singer, better known as Tina Turner
- Anna Camp (born 1982), American actress and singer
- Anna Cathcart (born 2003), Canadian actress
- Anna Chell (born 1998), English actress
- Anna Chlumsky (born 1980), American actress
- Anna Margaret Collins (born 1996), American singer-songwriter and actress
- Anna Drijver (born 1983), Dutch actress and model
- Anna Eriksson, (born 1977) Finnish singer
- Anna Faris, (born 1976) American actress
- Anna Friel, (born 1976), English actress
- Anna Gunn (born 1968), American actress
- Anna Althea Hills (1882–1930), American painter
- Anna Hopkins (born 1987), Canadian actress
- Anna Hutchison (born 1986) is a New Zealand actress and producer
- Anna Indermaur (1894–1980), Swiss artist
- Anna Iriyama (born 1995), Japanese idol singer (AKB48)
- Anna Karen (1936–2022), South African-born British actress
- Anna Kendrick (born 1985), American film and stage actress
- Anna Magnani (1908–1973), Italian actress
- Anna Mantzourani (1935–1991), Greek actress
- Anna Massey (1937–2011), English actress
- Anna McGahan (born 1988), Australian actress
- Anna McGarrigle (born 1944), Canadian singer
- Anna McNulty, Canadian YouTuber
- Anna Murashige (born 1998), Japanese idol singer (HKT48, NMB48)
- Anna Nagase (born 2005), Japanese voice actress
- Anna Nagata (born 1982), Japanese actress
- Anna Navarro (1933–2006), American film and television actress
- Anna Neethling-Pohl (1906–1992), South African actress, performer and film producer
- Anna Netrebko (born 1971), Russian Austrian operatic soprano
- Anna-Stina Nilstoft (1928–2017), Swedish artist
- Anna Panayiotopoulou (born 1947), Greek actress
- Anna Paquin (born 1982), Canadian-born New Zealand actress
- Anna Passey (born 1984), English actress
- Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), prima ballerina
- Anna Bacherini Piattoli (1720–1788), Italian artist
- Anna Quayle (1932–2019), English actress
- Anna Rezan (born 1992), Greek actress
- Anna Ruysch (1666–1741), Dutch flower painter
- Anna van Schurman (1607–1678), Dutch painter, engraver, poet, and scholar
- Anna Sedokova (born 1982), Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
- Anna Semenovich (born 1980), Russian singer, actress, model, and former ice dancer
- Anna Vladimirovna Shurochkina, better known simply as Nyusha (born 1990), Russian singer and songwriter
- Anna Shulgina (born 1993), Russian film and stage actress, singer and TV presenter
- Anna Barbara Speckner (1902–1995), German harpsichordist
- Anna Sueangam-iam (born 1998), Thai actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Anna Teichmüller (1861–1940), German composer
- Anna Thynn, Marchioness of Bath (1943–2022), Hungarian actress and British noblewoman by marriage
- Anna Tonelli (c.1763–1846), Italian portrait painter in the late 17th century and early 18th century
- Anna Torma (born 1952), Hungarian-Canadian fibre artist
- Anna Trincher (born 2001), Ukrainian singer and actress
- Anna Tsygankova (born 1979), Russian ballet dancer
- Anna Visscher (1584–1651), Dutch artist, poet, and translator
- Anna Vissi (born 1957), Greek-Cypriot singer
- Anna Wise (born 1991), American singer
- Anna Zak (born 2001), Israeli singer
Journalism, authors, novelists and writers edit
- Anna Adams (1926–2011), English poet and artist
- Anna Aguilar-Amat (born 1962), Catalan poet
- Anna Åkerhielm (c. 1642–1698), Swedish writer, lady-in-waiting
- Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966), Russian poet
- Anna Aleeva-Stecker (1866–1936), Russian playwright
- Anna Alm (1862–1958), Swedish editor and author
- Anna Angyal, Hungarian author
- Anna Anichkova (1868–1935), Russian writer and translator
- Anna Arutunyan, Russian-American journalist, analyst and author
- Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte (born 1978), Armenian-American writer, lecturer, philanthropist and human rights advocate
- Anna Bagriana (born 1981), Ukrainian writer and translator
- Anna Ballbona i Puig, Spanish journalist, writer and literary critic
- Anna Balsamo, Italian poet
- Anna Banks, American author
- Anna Banti (1895–1985), Italian writer, art historian and translator
- Anna Barykova (1840–1893), Russian poet, satirist and translator
- Anna Farquhar Bergengren (1865–1945), American writer, editor
- Anna Blackwell (1816–1900), English writer
- Anna Blaman (1905–1960), Dutch writer and poet
- Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1886), Dutch novelist
- Anna Cabana (born 1979), French journalist
- Anna Alice Chapin (1880–1920), American author and playwright
- Anna Chatterton, Canadian playwright
- Anna Ciddor (born 1957), Australian author and illustrator
- Anna Dániel (1908–2003), Hungarian journalist
- Anna Peyre Dinnies (1805–1886), American writer
- Anna Bowman Dodd (1858–1929), American writer
- Anna Dodsworth (c. 1740–1801), British romantic poet
- Anna Enquist (born 1945), Dutch poet and novelist
- Anna Gien (born 1991), German writer and columnist
- Anna Haava (1864–1957), Estonian poet
- Anna Barbara van Meerten-Schilperoort (1778–1853), Dutch writer and editor
- Anna Minerva Henderson (1887-1987), Canadian teacher, civil servant, and poet
- Anna Balmer Myers (1884–1972), American writer and teacher
- Anna de Noailles (1876–1933), Romanian-French writer
- Anna Notaras (died 1507), Byzantine writer
- Anna Campbell Palmer (1854–1928), American author and editor
- Anna Politkovskaya (1958–2006), American-Russian journalist and human rights activist
- Anna Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990), Dutch writer of children's novels
- Anna T. Sadlier (1854–1932), Canadian writer, translator
- Anna Seghers (1900–1983), German writer
- Anna Shechtman (born 1990/1991), American journalist and crossword compiler
- Anna Bartlett Warner (1827–1915), American hymnwriter
- Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston (1812–1899), American writer
- Anna Wintour (born 1949) British-American fashion journalist and editor-in-chief of the magazine Vogue
- Anna Woltz (born 1981), Dutch writer
Law and politics edit
- Anna Aalto (1920–1994), Finnish physician and politician
- Anna Abdallah (born 1940), Tanzanian politician
- Anna Andrejuvová, Slovak politician
- Anna Arganashvili, Georgian human rights lawyer
- Anna Arqué i Solsona (born 1972), Catalan politician
- Anna Ascani (born 1987), Italian politician
- Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou (born 1967), Greek politician
- Anna Azari (born 1959), Israeli diplomat
- Anna Bansode, Indian politician
- Anna Barbarzak (born 1978), Polish diplomat
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825), English author
- Anna Benaki-Psarouda (born 1934), Greek politician
- Anna Caballero (born 1955), American politician
- Anna Chernenko (1913–2010), First Lady of the Soviet Union
- Anna Diamantopoulou (born 1959), Greek politician
- Anna-Maria Galojan (born 1982), Estonian politician, model, and fugitive
- Anna Aloys Henga, Tanzanian lawyer and activist
- Anna Kostanyan (born 1987), Armenian politician
- Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo (born 1991), Filipino government official, academic, author, and opinion columnist
- Anna Babaji Latthe, Indian politician
- Anna Mancuso (born 1971), Canadian politician
- Anna McMorrin (born 1971), British politician
- Anna Roberts (born 1957), Canadian politician
- Anna Seile (1939–2019), Latvian politician
- Anna Soubry (born 1956), British politician
- Anna Stavitskaya (born 1972), Russian lawyer
- Anna Turley (born 1978), British politician
- Anna de Waal (1906–1981), Dutch politician, Secretary of Education
Sportspeople edit
- Anna Accensi (born 1970), Spanish rower
- Anna Afonasieva (born 2001), Russian chess player
- Anna Agrafioti (born 1991), Greek sports sailor
- Anna Ahlstrand (born 1980), Swedish football midfielder
- Anna Akhsharumova (born 1957), Russian chess player
- Anna Aleksandrova (born 1929), Soviet athlete
- Anna Alliquander (born 1977), Hungarian rower
- Anna Alminova (born 1985), Russian middle-distance runner
- Anna Alyabyeva (born 1993), Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnast
- Anna Amholt (born 2000), Swedish ice hockey goaltender
- Anna Andersson (born 1982), Swedish ice hockey player
- Anna Andexer (born 2003), Austrian biathlete
- Anna Andreussi (born 1972), Italian rally co-driver
- Anna Andreyeva (1915–1997), Soviet shot putter
- Anna Angelova (born 1971), Bulgarian fencer
- Anna Antonova (born 1965), Soviet figure skater
- Anna Anvegård (born 1997), Swedish association football player
- Anna Archibald (born 1959), New Zealand alpine skier
- Anna Arkadianou (born 2001), Greek tennis player
- Anna Arkhipova (born 1973), Russian basketball player
- Anna Arnautova (born 2004), Ukrainian diver
- Anna Artamonova (born 1980), Russian volleyball player
- Anna Asheshov (born 1941), British alpine skier
- Anna Astapenko (born 1984), Russian football defender
- Anna Auvinen (born 1987), Finnish footballer
- Anna Avanzini (1917–2011), Italian gymnast
- Anna Avdeyeva (born 1985), Russian shot putter
- Anna Bacchiega (born 1957), Italian yacht racer
- Anna Badegruber (born 1997), Austrian cyclist
- Anna Bader (born 1983), German high diver
- Anna Bagdanovich (born 1983), Belarusian sprinter
- Anna Bagirova, Ukrainian synchronized swimmer
- Anna Baranchuk (born 1993), Russian rugby sevens player
- Anna Baranova, Belarusian-Spanish rhythmic gymnastics coach
- Anna Barańska (born 1976), Polish mountaineer
- Anna Barbaro, Italian Paralympic athlete
- Anna Beck (born 1979), Swedish para-cyclist
- Anna Blässe (born 1987), German footballer
- Anna Blinkova (born 1998), Russian tennis player
- Anna van der Breggen (born 1990), Dutch racing cyclist
- Anna Chakvetadze (born 1987), Russian tennis player
- Anna Dreimane (born 1997), Latvian basketball player
- Anna Gerasimou (born 1987), Greek tennis player
- Anna Haak (born 1996), Swedish volleyball player
- Anna Korakaki (born 1996), Greek shooter
- Anna Kournikova (born 1981), Russian tennis player
- Anna Lapushchenkova (born 1986), Russian tennis player
- Anna Lazareva (born 1997), Russian volleyball player
- Anna Makurat (born 2000), Polish basketball player
- Anna Arina Marenko (born 1992), Russian tennis player
- Anna Menconi (born 1971), Italian Paralympic archer
- Anna Emilie Møller (born 1997), Danish athlete
- Anna Nordqvist (born 1987), Swedish golfer
- Anna Ntountounaki (born 1995), Greek swimmer
- Anna Patten (born 1999), English footballer
- Anna Pezzetta (born 2007), Italian figure skater
- Anna Polak (1906–1943), Dutch Jewish gymnast
- Anna Pollatou (1983–2014), Greek rhythmic gymnast
- Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (born 1994), Slovak tennis player
- Anna Ramírez (beach volleyball) (born 1984), Guatemalan athlete
- Anna Shcherbakova (born 2004), Russian figure skater
- Anna Segal (born 1986), Australian Olympic freestyle skier, twice world champion
- Anna Smashnova (born 1976), Belarus-born Israeli tennis player
- Anna Spyridopoulou (born 1988), Greek basketball player
- Anna Tatishvili (born 1990), Georgian tennis player
- Anna van der Vegt (1903–1983), Dutch gymnast
- Anna Verouli (born 1956), Greek javelin thrower
- Anna Villani (born 1966), Italian marathon runner
- Anna Wood (kayaker) (born 1966), Dutch-born Australian sprint canoeist
Miscellaneous edit
- Anna, prophetess mentioned in the Gospel of Luke 2:36
- Anna Abulafia (born 1952), British scholar of religious history
- Anna Åfelt, Swedish teacher
- Anna Ahlström (1863–1943), Swedish teacher, principal, and school founder
- Anna Akasoy, German orientalist and professor
- Anna Andersdotter, Swedish noble
- Anna Anderson (1896–1984), Romanov impostor who claimed she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia
- Anna Anni (1926–2011), Italian costume designer
- Anna Anthropy, American video game designer
- Anna Astakhova (1886–1971), Russian folklorist
- Anna Ayala (born 1965), American woman
- Anna Baldwin, American dairy farmer and inventor
- Anna Barrows (died 1948), American educator and author
- Anna Fisher Beiler (1848–1904), British-born American missionary, newspaper editor
- Anna Bijns (1493–1575), Flemish writer, schoolteacher and nun
- Anna Ewers, (born 1993), German fashion model
- Anna Barbara Gignoux (1725–1796), German businessperson
- Anna Gurney (1795–1857), English scholar, philanthropist, geologist and a member of the Gurney family of Norfolk
- Anna Roosevelt Halsted (1906–1975), only daughter of president Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Anna Harrison (1775–1864), wife of president William Henry Harrison
- Anna Leska (1910-1998), Polish pilot, one of three Polish woman pilots to fly in the British Air Transport Auxiliary
- Anna Linnikova (born 2000), Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Anna Morris Holstein (1824–1901), American organizational founder, civil war nurse, author
- Anna McGurk (1968–1991), British murder victim
- Anna Mons (1672–1714), Dutch commoner who almost succeeded in marrying Tsar Peter the Great
- Anna Nanousi, Greek fashion model and television presenter
- Anna Alojza Ostrogska (1600–1654), Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman
- Anna Alcott Pratt (1831–1893), American teacher and writer
- Anna Hall Roosevelt (1863–1892), mother of Eleanor Roosevelt
- Anna Peck Sill (1816–1889), American educator
- Anna Skarbek (born 1976), Australian businesswoman and former investment banker
- Anna Svidersky (1988–2006), American murder victim
- Anna Synodinou (1927–2016), Greek actress and politician
- Anna Tuschinski (1841–1939), Esperantist from Danzig
- Anna Vignoles, British educationalist
- Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1880–1964), American professor, author
- Ann Wilkins (1806–1857), American missionary teacher
- as a masculine name
- Anna of East Anglia (died 653 or 654), king of East Anglia
Fictional use edit
- Anna, a character in the 2012 American independent feature movie California Solo
- Anna, the sister of Dido, Queen of Carthage, in Roman mythology and later literature
- Anna, an alternate name for Morgause of Arthurian legend
- Anna or Ti'ana, a character in the Myst games
- Anna, a character in the animated series Space Carrier Blue Noah
- Anna, the titular character in Mister God, This Is Anna by Fynn
- Anna, the main character in When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
- Anna Blake, a character from the Scooby-Doo video-games Scooby-Doo! First Frights and Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp
- Anna Delaney, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
- Anna De Souza, a character in ITV soap opera Emmerdale
- Anna Lightwood, a protagonist from the upcoming series The Last Hours, part of The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
- Anna Karenina, a main character in a novel written by Leo Tolstoy of the same name
- Anna Kyoyama, a character from Shaman King
- Anna Kakuzawa, a character in the Elfen Leid manga series
- Anna Marks, a character in the film He's Just Not That Into You
- Anna Marvin, a character in the 1991 American comedy movie What About Bob?
- Anna Perenna, the sister of Dido in Roman mythology and later literature
- Anna, Princess of Arendelle and the protagonist of Disney's movie Frozen
- Anna Schmidt, a character in Mind Your Language
- Anna Elizabeth "Rag" Shaw, the protagonist in Light of My Life
- Anna Valerious, a character in the 2004 film Van Helsing
- Anna Williams, a character in the Tekken video game series
- Anna Windass, a character in ITV soap opera Coronation Street
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ "Virgil, Aeneid Book 4, lines 31-52". Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Lie, Kwang-Sook (1996). "Foreign First Names in Korea" (PDF). The SNU Journal of Education Research. 06: 51–59.