Anne
Meaning of Anne
Anne began life as the Hebrew Hannah, twirled into Latin as Anna, and today she strolls in English simply as ANN—short, sweet, no extra salsa needed. She carries the meaning “grace,” and, true to form, glides through history like a soft guitar chord: Saint Anne guiding the young Mary, Queen Anne brightening royal halls, Anne Frank teaching courage, and the ever-imaginative Anne of Green Gables painting skies green. Across Latin tongues she high-fives her cousins Ana and Anita, proving that one little name can tango from Jerusalem to Bogotá without losing her rhythm. Though her U.S. rankings have cooled since the roaring forties, Anne never really leaves the party; she just rests at the punch bowl, ready for parents who love classic charm with modern lightness.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as an (/æn/)
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Notable People Named Anne
| Anne Boleyn was Queen of England as the second wife of King Henry VIII, and her marriage and execution by beheading made her a pivotal figure in the start of the English Reformation. |
| Anne Hathaway is an award-winning American actress with blockbuster films grossing billions and recognition as one of the world's highest-paid performers. |
| Anne Frank - Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist who posthumously gained worldwide fame for her diary documenting her family's life in hiding during the Holocaust. |
| Anne Hutchinson was a religious dissenter whose defiance of Puritan doctrine led to her banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
| Anne Brontë was the youngest of the Brontë literary family and an English novelist and poet. |
| Anne Bradstreet was the first published poet in the American colonies and a leading Puritan figure in early literature. |
| Anne Elizabeth Applebaum is an American journalist and historian who writes about Communism and civil society in Central and Eastern Europe and became a Polish citizen in 2013. |
| Dame Mary Anne Salmond is a New Zealand anthropologist recognized as New Zealander of the Year in 2013 and appointed to the Order of New Zealand in 2020. |
| Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, was an English poet celebrated for her advocacy of gender equality and her influential role in the Augustan Era. |
| Anne Hathaway, William Shakespeare's wife, married him in 1582 at age 26 while pregnant, with Shakespeare at 18, an age that was unusually young for an Elizabethan groom. |
| Anne Morrow Lindbergh - Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh was an American writer and aviator who joined her husband Charles Lindbergh on numerous exploratory flights. |
| Anne Bancroft was an acclaimed American actress who won numerous prestigious awards and achieved the Triple Crown of Acting. |
| Anne Sexton was an American poet who won the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for her confessional verse exploring her bipolar disorder and abusive actions toward her family. |
| Anne Sullivan Macy, a partially blind educator trained at the Perkins School for the Blind, was Helen Keller's teacher and lifelong companion. |
