Ann

See also: ann, ANN, ann., Ann., -ann, and Ánn

English

Alternative forms

• Anne

Etymology 1

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, “Anna”) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “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 Ana, Anna, Anne, and Hannah.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ăn, IPA^(key): /æn/
• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [eən]

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æn

Proper noun

Ann

1. A female given name from Hebrew.
   • 1901–1903, [George] Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman. A Comedy and a Philosophy, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable & Co., published 1903, →OCLC, Act I, page 8:

     ramsden. When you say Ann, you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield. / tanner. I mean our Ann, your Ann, Tavy's Ann, and now, Heaven help me, my Ann!

   • 1969, Constance Urdang, Natural History, Harper&Row, page 61:

     Given a perfectly good American name like Ann, she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.

   • 2005, Mary Monroe, In Sheep's Clothing, Dafina Books, →ISBN, page 129:

     "Her full name is Annie Lou. Like calling herself a snooty white girl name like Ann makes up for it."
     "Must I remind you that Ann is also my middle name?"

Usage notes

• Popular in English since the fourteenth century due to the medieval cult of Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary.
• A very common middle name since the 20th century.

Derived terms

• Ann Arbor/Annarbour
• Rapid Ann
• Rapid Ann Station
• Royal Ann

 

Related terms

• Ana
• Anita
• Anke
• Anku
• Anna
• Anne
• Anneke
• Annette
• Annie
• Annika
• Anya
• Hannah
• Nan
• Nance
• Nancy
• Nannie
• Nanny

 

Descendants

• → Danish: Ann
• → Norwegian: Ann
• → Swedish: Ann
• → Tagalog: Ann

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: آنَّا f (ʔānnā), آنّ (ar) f (ʔānn), حَنَّة f (ḥanna)
• Armenian: Աննա (Anna)
• Belarusian: Га́нна f (Hánna), Эн f (En) (transliteration)
• Bengali: অ্যান (ên)
• Breton: Anna (br) f
• Bulgarian: А́на f (Ána), Ен f (En) (transliteration)
• Catalan: Anna (ca) f, Aina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安 (zh) (Ān), 安娜 (zh) (Ānnà)

• Czech: Anna (cs) f
• Danish: Anna c
• Dutch: Anna (nl) f, Anne (nl) f,
• Esperanto: Anno
• Estonian: Anna (et)
• Faroese: Anna f
• Finnish: Anna (fi)
• French: Anne (fr) f
• Galician: Ana (gl) f
• Georgian: ანა (ana)
• German: Anna (de) f
• Greek: Άννα (el) f (Ánna)
• Hawaiian: ʻAna
• Hebrew: חַנָּה (he) f (khaná)
• Hindi: एन (hi) f (en)
• Hungarian: Anna (hu)
• Icelandic: Anna (is)
• Interlingua: Anna
• Irish: Áine, Ánna
• Italian: Anna (it)
• Japanese: アンナ (Anna), アン (ja) (An)
• Korean: 안나 (Anna), 안 (ko) (An)
• Latin: Anna (la)
• Latvian: Anna (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Ona f
• Macedonian: Ана (mk) f (Ana)
• Manx: Ann f
• Maori: Ani
• Norman: Anne f
• Norwegian: Anna (no)
• Occitan: Anna f
• Persian: حنا (fa) (hannâ), آنا (fa) (ânnâ), آن (fa) (ân)
• Polish: Anna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ana (pt) f
• Romanian: Ana f
• Russian: А́нна (ru) f (Ánna), Энн (ru) f (Enn) (transliteration)
• Scottish Gaelic: Anna f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: А̏на, А́на f

  Roman: Ȁna, Ána f

• Slovak: Anna f
• Slovene: Ána (sl) f
• Spanish: Ana (es) f
• Swedish: Anna (sv)
• Thai: แอนน์
• Ukrainian: Га́нна f (Hánna), Енн f (Enn) (transliteration)

Etymology 2

Habitational surname from Abbotts Ann in Hampshire, named for the stream that runs through it, which is most probably named with an ancient Welsh word meaning "ash tree stream". Compare Welsh onn (“ash tree”).

Proper noun

Ann (plural Anns)

1. A surname from Welsh.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ann is the 34707^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Ann is most common among White (43.47%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (43.47%) individuals.

Noun

Ann (plural Anns)

1. Abbreviation of anniversary.

Adjective

Ann (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of annual.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ann”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 43.

Anagrams

• NAN, NaN, Nan, nan

Danish

Etymology

From English Ann. Variant of Danish Anna and Anne.

Proper noun

Ann

1. a female given name

Estonian

Proper noun

Ann

1. a female given name, an old Estonian short form of Anna

Manx

Proper noun

Ann f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Anna

See also

• Onnee

Norwegian

Etymology

From English Ann. Variant of the Norwegian Anna and Anne.

Proper noun

Ann

1. a female given name

Usage notes

• Common first part of hyphenated names such as Ann-Kristin.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 12 786 females with the given name Ann living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈann/
• Rhymes: -ann
• Syllabification: Ann

Proper noun

Ann f

1. genitive plural of Anna

Swedish

Etymology

From English Ann, first recorded as a Swedish given name in 1860.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Ann c (genitive Anns)

1. a female given name

Usage notes

• Common first part of hyphenated names such as Ann-Marie or Ann-Kristin.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 34 106 females with the given name Ann living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ann.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔan/ [ˈʔan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Ann

Proper noun

Ann (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔)

1. a female given name from English

Anagrams

• -nan

Welsh

Alternative forms

• Anna
• Ania
• Anita

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan/

Proper noun

Ann f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) [in turn from Hebrew חַנָּה (“Hana”)]

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ann

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
Ann	unchanged	unchanged	Hann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎^[3], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 17