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Annie - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Annie
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. an-nie, ann-ie ] The girl name Annie is pronounced as AENiy KEY. Annie is mainly used in the English language and it is of Hebrew origin. Annie is a pet form of the Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic name Anna.

Annie is a classic favorite. At present it is still rather popular as a baby girl name, but to a lesser degree than it was before. In 1900, 1.046% of baby girls were given the name Annie. It was #11 in rank then. The baby name has suffered a substantial decline in frequency since then, and is of modest use in recent years. In 2007, its usage was only 0.037% and its ranking #423. Out of the family of girl names directly linked to Annie, the Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic Anna was the most popular. In 2007, it was 10 times more commonly used than Annie. The name Annie has primarily been a girl name, though it has also been given to boys in the last century. In 1937, 92 times more girls than boys were given the name Annie.

Baby names that sound like Annie include the Polish Anny, the Irish Aine, the Arabic Aman, the English Ami, the English Amie, the English Ammie, the English Amye, the Portuguese and Spanish Ana, the French Anais, the French Anaïs, the Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic Anna, the English Annah, the Estonian and Finnish Anu, the English Ayanna, the Arabic Iman, the Lithuanian Ona, the Arabic Aamina, the Basque and Spanish Ainhoa, the English Aiyana, the English Allonia, the Basque and Spanish Amaia, the Arabic Amani, the Basque Amaya, the Arabic Ameena, the English Amiee, the Arabic Amina, the Arabic Aminah, the English Amya, the Spanish Anahi, the Scandinavian Ane, the Czech and Italian Anina, the English Aniya, the English Aniyah, the English Ann, the English, French, and German Anne, the Finnish Anniina, the German Annina, the Finnish Aune, the English Imani, the Romanian and Slavic Ioana, the English and Scottish Iona, the Scandinavian Unn, the Hawaiian Henoheno, and the Greek Ioanna.

KEY: Pronunciation for Annie: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


Details of famous persons named Annie:
Author Annie Proulx, born 22 August 1935, Norwich, Connecticut.
Photographer Annie Leibovitz, born 2 October 1949, Waterbury, Connecticut.

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