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 [ 2 syll. a-na, an-a ] The girl name Ana is pronounced AANah or AENah KEY. Ana is of Hebrew origin, and it is used mainly in the English, Hawaiian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. Ana is a variant spelling of Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French). See also the related forms, Ana Isabel (Spanish), Ana María (Spanish), Analia (Portuguese), Analilia (Spanish), Analisa (German), Anarosa (Spanish), and Luana (English and Italian). Ana is popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity rose from the 1910s up to the 1990s. At the modest height of its usage in 1991, 0.130% of baby girls were given the name Ana. Its ranking then was #119. The baby name has since experienced a decline in popularity. In 2008, it ranked at #169 with a usage of 0.094%. Within the group of girl names directly linked to Ana, Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French) was the most commonly used. Its use outnumbered Ana's by 4 times in 2008. Baby names that sound like Ana include Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French), Annah (English), Agni (Greek), Aine (Irish), Ama (Akan and Polish), Aman (Arabic), Ami (English), Amie (English), Amineh (Arabic), Amma (Fante, Twi, and German), Ammie (English), Amye (English), Anais (French), Anaïs (French), Anan (Akan), Ani (Tamil, English, and Hawaiian), Anie (English), Anine (French), Annie (English), and Annine (German). Details of famous persons named Ana: KEY: Pronunciation for Ana: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
