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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 Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French name Anna. Annie is also a pet form of the English and Greek name Ann in the English language and a pet form of the English, French, and German name Anne in the English language.

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 2008, its usage was only 0.040% and its ranking #392, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after the Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French Anna, out of all girl names in its family. In 2008, it was 9 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 Greek Agni, the English and Polish Anny, the Irish Aine, the Akan and Polish Ama, the Arabic Aman, the English Ami, the English Amie, the Arabic Amineh, the Fante, Twi, and German Amma, the English Ammie, the English Amye, the English, Hawaiian, Portuguese, and Spanish Ana, the French Anais, the French Anaïs, the Akan Anan, the Tamil, English, and Hawaiian Ani, the English Anie, the French Anine, the Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French Anna, and the English Annah.

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

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


 
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