Anne - Meaning of Anne

What does Anne mean?

[ 2 syll. an-ne, ann-e ] The baby girl name Anne is pronounced as AAN-Nah (Dutch), AEN (English, French), or AA-Nah (German) †. Anne is largely used in the English, French, German, and Scandinavian languages, and its origin is Hebrew. The name was first adopted by English speakers in the medieval period. It has been borne by various members of royalty, including King Henry VIII's wives Anne Boleyn (1507-1536) and Anne of Cleves (1515-1557), Queen Anne of England (1665-1714), and Queen Elizabeth II's only daughter Princess Anne (1950-).

Anne is a variant spelling of the name Ann (English and Greek).

Anne is also an English, French, and German variant transcription of Anna.

Anne has 19 variant transcriptions that are used in English and other languages. Variation transcriptions used in English include Anne-Claire (also used in French), Anne-Lise (also used in French), Anne-Sophie (also used in French), Annella, Ninette (also used in French), and Ysanne. Other English variants include the pet forms Annette (also used in French), Annie, Nan, Nana (also used in Spanish, African, French, Japanese, and Swahili), Nancy, and Oni.

Foreign variant transcriptions of Anne include Anne-Laure (French), Annot (Gaelic), Laurane (French), Lauranne (French), Louane (French), and Louanne (French). Specific foreign variants include the pet forms Anett (French), Anka (German and Polish), Antje (Dutch, Frisian, and German), and Ninon (French).

Variant forms inherit the origin and thus the meaning of Anne.

See also the related forms, Ainsley, Anne Sophie, Annedore, Ashlianne, Carrie-Anne, Cheyenne, Fayanne, Georgeanne, Hollyanne, Krystalanne, Laurianne, Leanne, Lilian, Lilyanne, Lisanne, Marianne, Maryanne, Nellianne, Rayanne, Rosanne, Sally Anne, and Vianne.

See also the related categories, medieval, queen, daughter, english, hebrew, wives (sister), french, england, scandinavian, and german.

Anne is a classic favorite. Currently it is still fairly popular as a baby name for girls, though it was in more widespread use before. At the modest peak of its usage in 1915, 0.423% of baby girls were given the name Anne. Its ranking then was #52. The baby name has since suffered a substantial fall in popularity, and is in recent years of occasional use. In 2018, its usage was only 0.027% and its ranking #599. Out of the group of girl names directly linked to Anne, Anna was the most frequently used. In 2018, its use outnumbered Anne's by 8 times.

Baby names that sound like Anne include Ahnna, Onna, An, Anh, Ann, Aagje, Aami, Aamu, Aena, Agnès, Aimé, Aimée, Aine, Aino, Aintza, Ama, Amachee, Amah, Aman, and Ame.

† Pronunciation for Anne: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)"