Anna

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Variant form of Hanna [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

2) Short form of Germanic names beginning with Arn- [3]

2) Short form of names ending with -anna/-ana/-anne/-ane [7]

3) 'mummy' in several languages [2]

Related Names

     
An ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Ana ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Analius ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Anathon ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Anaton ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Ande ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Andine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Ane ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Anella ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Anelle ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Ani ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Ann ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Anna ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Ánná ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Annas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Annathon ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Annaton ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Anne ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Ánne ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Annele ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Anneus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Anni ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Annie ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Annu ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Annuli ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Annusa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Annuska ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Anny ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Anný ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Icelandic
Annæus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Anouk ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Ansa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ansine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Ansko ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ansu ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Anu ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Any ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish

See also Aini, Andi, Anina, Anita, Anja, Anka, Anneke, Anneli, Annette, Antje, Nancy, Nanette, Nanina, Nanna, Nanny, Nina

Combinations

For combinations see ANN (name element)

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

26 July

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

26 July

Finland Finland

9 December

Norway Norway

26 July

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

9 December

Sweden Sweden

9 December

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Anna
Accusative: Annu / Onnu
Dative: Annu / Onnu
Genitive: Annu / Onnu
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Anna
Accusative: Önnu
Dative: Önnu
Genitive: Önnu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1291 [2]
Iceland: 15th century [6]

Namesakes

Anna Cecilia Sahlin ("Sahlene"), Swedish singer (* 1976)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[8] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png 110951 302997 2 8
Denmark Denmark[9] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 36296 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[10] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 7492 17721 0 0
Finland Finland[11] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m2.png n.a. 113794 n.a 14
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[8][9][10][11]:Name statistics for Anna(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[10]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Anna(f)


Sources: [8] [9] [10] [11]

References

  1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  4. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  5. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  6. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  7. ↑ Own theory. No references found, yet.
  8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  11. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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