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Anne also spelled as Ann is the form of the Latin female given name Anna, meaning favor, grace, it's a common name in France. It has also been used as a male name (see Anne de Montmorency) around Scotland which means "golden one".

A selection of people carrying the name:

• Anne of Brittany (1488–1514), Breton ruler
• Anne Brontë (1820–1849), British novelist and poet
• Anne, Duchess of Luxembourg (1432–1462)
• Anne Frank (1929-1945), Jewish-German diarist
• Anne Hathaway
  • Anne Hathaway (born 1982), American actress
  • Anne Hathaway (1556–1623), wife of William Shakespeare
• Anne Kremer (born 1975), a tennis player in Luxembourg
• Anne de Montmorency, (1493-1567), constable of France, soldier, statesman and diplomat
• Anne Veski (born 1956), Estonian pop singer
• Princess Anne, the name and title of several individuals

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Etymology 1

The French spelling of Ann, < Greek Άννα. Anna is the Greek form of the Hebrew female name חַנָּה (Hannah), meaning 'grace; gracious'. Cf. Johannes.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æn
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Proper noun

Anne

1. A female given name, used interchangeably with Ann since the Middle Ages.

Quotations

• 1860 Mrs Henry Wood (Ellen Wood): East Lynne. Kessinger Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0192804626 page 29:

  "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 names in our family - Archibald! Cornelia! And yours, too - Barbara! What a mouthful they all are!"

• 1908 Lucy Maud Montgomery: Anne of the Green Gables

-- 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 looks so much nicer. When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can, and A-n-n looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished. --

Translations

• see Ann

Etymology 2

A shortened form of any of various Germanic masculine names which began with arn (eagle), such as Arnold.

Proper noun

Anne

1. (very rare) A male given name.

Anagrams

• Anagrams of aenn
• Enna

Danish

Proper noun

Anne

1. A female given name, variant of Anna; also a popular first part of compound names such as Anne-Lise and Anne-Marie.

Dutch

Proper noun

Anne

1. A female given name.

Estonian

Proper noun

Anne

1. A female given name, variant of Anna.

Finnish

Proper noun

Anne

1. A female given name, a twentieth century variant of Anna.

Declension

French

Proper noun

Anne f.

1. A female given name, cognate to Ann.
2. (Biblical) Hannah
3. (Biblical) Anna, the prophetess.

Related terms

• Anaïs, Anita, Anna, Annette, Annick, Annie
• popular double names: Anne-Laure, Anne-Marie, Anne-Sophie

German

Proper noun

Anne f.

1. A female given name borrowed from French and English.

Related terms

• Annemarie

Norwegian

Proper noun

Anne

1. A female given name, variant of Anna.

Swedish

Proper noun

Anne

1. A female given name borrowed from French and English.
2. (very rare, obsolete) A male given nameA hypocoristic male given name for Anders, Anton, Arne.

Alternative spellings

• Ann