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The name Anna is widely used; it has 76 variants that are used in both English and other languages. English variants of Anna include Ann, Annah, Anne (also used in French and German), and Hannah (also used in French, German, and Hebrew). Other English variants include the pet forms Anique (also used in Dutch and ), Anneka (also used in German, and Scandinavian), Annie, and Nancy. Variants of the name used in other languages include Aina (African, Finnish, Scandinavian, and Catalan), Ana (Portuguese and Spanish), Anaëlle (French), Anais (French), Anaïs (French), Andula (Czech), Andulka (Czech), Anina (Czech and Italian), Annick (Breton), Anniken (Scandinavian), Annikki (Finnish), Annina (German), Annukka (Finnish), Annushka (Russian), Annuska (Hungarian), Anoesj (Dutch), Anouska (Dutch), Ans (Dutch), Anu (Estonian and Finnish), Anuska (Czech), Asya (Russian), Hajna (Hungarian), Hana (Czech and Slavic), Hania (Polish), Hanna (Dutch, Finnish, German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Ukrainian), Hannele (Finnish), Hena (Yiddish), Henda (Yiddish), Hendel (Yiddish), Hene (Yiddish), Henye (Yiddish), Nani (Hawaiian), Ona (Lithuanian), and Panni (Hungarian). Specific foreign variants include the pet forms Ane (Scandinavian), Anett (French), Anette (French), Ania (Polish and Russian), Anica (Slavic), Anika (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), Aniko (Hungarian), Aninka (Czech), Anita (Spanish), Anja (German), Anka (German and Polish), Anke (German), Annag (Scottish), Anneke (Dutch), Anneli (German), Annelie (German), Annet (Dutch), Annett (French), Annette (French), Anni (Finnish and German), Annica (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), Anniina (Finnish), Annika (Dutch, Finnish, German, and Scandinavian), Annike (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), Anny (Polish), Anouchka (French), Anouk (Dutch and French), Antje (Dutch, Frisian, and German), Anula (Polish), Anushka (Russian), Anusia (Polish), Anya (Russian), Nanette (French), and Nanni (German). In addition, Anna is a pet form (Hebrew) of the name Anastasia (English, German, Greek, and Russian). See also the related forms, Ayana (English and Somali), Breeanna (English), Christianna (English), Kianna (Hawaii), Pollyanna (English), Annabella (English, German, and Italian), Annaliese (English, German, and Scandinavian), Annamaria (German and Italian), Marianne (English, French, and German), and Rosanna (English, German, and Italian). Anna is a very popular baby girl name. At the peak of its usage in 1901, 1.936% of baby girls were named Anna. It had a ranking of #3 then. The baby name has experienced a loss in popularity since then, and it is used on a modest scale in recent times. In 2007, its usage was only 0.372% and its ranking #25, but it was nevertheless the 2nd most popular after Hannah (English, French, German, and Hebrew), out of all girl names in its family. In 2007, it was more frequently used than Anna by 69% . The name Anna has been mainly given to girls, though it has also been used as a boy name in the last century. There were 173 times as many girls than boys who were named Anna in 1930. Baby names that sound like Anna include Annah (English), Aine (Irish), Aman (Arabic), Ami (English), Amie (English), Ammie (English), Amye (English), Ana (Portuguese and Spanish), Anais (French), Anaïs (French), Annie (English), Anny (Polish), Anu (Estonian and Finnish), Ayanna (English), Iman (Arabic), Ona (Lithuanian), Aamina (Arabic), Ainhoa (Basque and Spanish), Aiyana (English), Allonia (English), Amaia (Basque and Spanish), Amani (Arabic), Amaya (Basque), Ameena (Arabic), Amiee (English), Amina (Arabic), Aminah (Arabic), Amya (English), Anahi (Spanish), Ane (Scandinavian), Anina (Czech and Italian), Aniya (English), Aniyah (English), Ann (English), Anne (English, French, and German), Anniina (Finnish), Annina (German), Aune (Finnish), Imani (English), Ioana (Romanian and Slavic), Iona (English and Scottish), Unn (Scandinavian), Henoheno (Hawaiian), and Ioanna (Greek). KEY: Pronunciation for Anna: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" Details of famous persons named Anna:
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