Female given name
Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the Greek : Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah (Hebrew : חַנָּה , romanized : Ḥannāh
Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Ana , Anne , originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for hundreds of years, and Ann , which was originally the English spelling. Saint Anne is traditionally the name of the mother of the Virgin Mary , which accounts for its wide use and popularity among Christians . The name has also been used for numerous saints and queens. In the context of pre-Christian Europe, the name can be found in Virgil's Aeneid [1] Dido advising her to keep Aeneas in her city.
People
Anna is a very common given name. People with the name include:
Academics, medicine, and science
Anna Akhmanova (born 1967), Russian cell biologistAnna Apostolaki (1880–1958), Greek archaeologist and museum curatorAnna Coble (died 2009), American biophysicistAnna Manning Comfort (1845–1931), American physicianAnna Lukens (1844–1917), American physicianAnna K. Mapp (born 1970), American chemistAnna McAllister (1888–1961), American historianAnna Melyukova (1921–2004), Russian archaeologistAnna Merz (1931–2013), English conservationistAnna Stroka (1923–2020), Polish literary historian and author
Anna May Waters (1903–1987), Canadian nurseAnna Weber-van Bosse (1852–1921), Dutch phycologistAnna Irwin Young (1873–1920), American mathematician
Activism
Anna Smeed Benjamin (1834–1924), American social reformerAnna Gardner (1816–1901), American abolitionist, poet, teacherAnna M. Hammer (1840–1910), American philanthropist and temperance movement leaderAnna Jacobsen (1924–2004), Norwegian champion of Southern Sami language and cultureAnna Lewis (suffragette) (1889–1976), British suffragette, member of the militant Women's Social and Political Union Anna Sophia Polak (1874–1943), Dutch Jewish feminist and authorAnna Rankin Riggs (1835–1908), American social reformerAnna Stonum (1958–1999), American artist and disability rights activist based in ChicagoAnna Augusta Truitt (1837–1920), American philanthropist, reformer, essayist
Aristocracy
Anna of Austria (1528–1590) , daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman EmperorAnne of Austria, Queen of Poland (1573–1598), Queen consort of Poland and Sweden, wife of Sigismund III VasaAnna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1549–1580), Queen consort of Spain, wife of Philip IIAnna van Egmont (1533–1558), Dutch noble, first wife of William the SilentAnna d'Este (1531–1607), Italian-born French princessAnna of Hohenstaufen (1230–1307), Empress of NicaeaAnna Khanum (died 1647), Queen consort of Iran, wife of Safi IAnna Komnene (1083–1153), daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexius I and writer of the AlexiadAnna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria (1616–1676), Italian noble, Austrian royal consortAnna Palaiologina (died 1320), Byzantine princessAnna Pavlovna of Russia (1795–1865), Queen consort of the Netherlands, wife of William IIAnna Porphyrogenita (963–1011), Grand Princess consort of KievAnna of Russia (1693–1740), Empress of RussiaAnna of Savoy (1306–1365), Byzantine Empress consortAnna of Saxony (1544–1577), German noble, second wife of William the SilentAnna of Trebizond (died 1342), Empress of TrebizondAnna of Tyrol (1585–1618), Holy Roman Empress
Arts and entertainment
Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966), Russian poetAnna Bergendahl (born 1991), Swedish singerAnna Blackwell (1816–1900), English writerAnna Blaman (1905–1960), Dutch writer and poetAnna Bochkoltz (1815–1879), German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composerAnna Borg (1903–1963), Danish-Icelandic actressAnna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1886), Dutch novelistAnna Mae Bullock (1938–2023), American singer, better known as Tina TurnerAnna Camp (born 1982), American actress and singerAnna Cathcart (born 2003), Canadian actressAnna Chatterton , Canadian playwrightAnna Chell (born 1998), English actressAnna Chlumsky (born 1980), American actressAnna Ciddor (born 1957), Australian author and illustratorAnna Peyre Dinnies (1805–1886), American writerAnna Bowman Dodd (1858–1929), American writerAnna Dodsworth (c. 1740–1801), British romantic poetAnna Drijver (born 1983), Dutch actress and modelAnna Enquist (born 1945), Dutch poet and novelistAnna Eriksson , (born 1977) Finnish singerAnna Faris , (born 1976) American actressAnna Friel , (born 1976), English actressAnna Gunn (born 1968), American actressAnna Haava (1864–1957), Estonian poetAnna Hopkins (born 1987), Canadian actressAnna Hutchison (born 1986) is a New Zealand actress and producer.Anna Indermaur (1894–1980), Swiss artistAnna Iriyama (born 1995), Japanese idol singer (AKB48)Anna Karen (1936–2022), South African-born British actressAnna Kendrick (born 1985), American film and stage actressAnna Magnani (1908–1973), Italian actressAnna Mantzourani (1935-1991) Greek actressAnna Margaret Collins (born 1996), American singer-songwriter and actressAnna Massey (1937–2011), English actressAnna McGahan (born 1988), Australian actressAnna McGarrigle (born 1944), Canadian singerAnna McNulty , Canadian YouTuberAnna Murashige (born 1998), Japanese idol singer (HKT48, NMB48)Anna Nagase (born 2005), Japanese voice actressAnna Nagata (born 1982), Japanese actressAnna Navarro (1933–2006), American film and television actressAnna Neethling-Pohl (1906–1992), South African actress, performer and film producerAnna Netrebko Russian Austrian operatic sopranoAnna-Stina Nilstoft (1928–2017), Swedish artistAnna de Noailles (1876–1933), Romanian-French writerAnna Notaras (died 1507), Byzantine writerAnna Campbell Palmer (1854-1928), American author, editorAnna Panayiotopoulou (born 1947), Greek actressAnna Paquin (born 1982), Canadian-born New Zealand actressAnna Passey (born 1984), English actressAnna Pavlova (1881–1931), prima ballerinaAnna Quayle (1932–2019), English actressAnna Rezan (born 1992), Greek actressAnna Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990), Dutch writer of children's novelsAnna Ruysch (1666–1741), Dutch flower painterAnna T. Sadlier (1854-1932), Canadian writer, translatorAnna van Schurman (1607–1678), Dutch painter, engraver, poet, and scholarAnna Sedokova (born 1982), Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenterAnna Seghers (1900–1983), German writerAnna Semenovich (born 1980), Russian singer, actress, model, and former ice dancerAnna Vladimirovna Shurochkina, better known simply as Nyusha , Russian singer and songwriter
Anna Shulgina (born 1993), Russian film and stage actress, singer and TV presenterAnna Sueangam-iam (born 1998), Thai actress, model and beauty pageant titleholderAnna Teichmüller (1861–1940), German composerAnna Thynn, Marchioness of Bath (1943–2022), Hungarian actress and British noblewoman by marriageAnna Tonelli (c.1763–1846), Italian portrait painter in the late 17th century and early 18th centuryAnna Torma (born 1952), Hungarian-Canadian fibre artistAnna Tsygankova (born 1979), Russian ballet dancerAnna Visscher (1584–1651), Dutch artist, poet, and translatorAnna Vissi (born 1957), Greek-Cypriot singerAnna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston (1812–1899), American writerAnna Wise (born 1991), American singerAnna Woltz (born 1981), Dutch writerAnna Zak (born 2001), Israeli singer
Journalism
Anna Cabana (born 1979), French journalistAnna Dániel (1908–2003), Hungarian journalistAnna Shechtman (born 1990/1991), American journalist and crossword compilerAnna Wintour (born 1949) British-American fashion journalist and editor-in-chief of the magazine Vogue
Law and politics
Anna Aalto (1920–1994), Finnish physician and politicianAnna Benaki-Psarouda (born 1934), Greek politicianAnna Caballero (born 1955), American politicianAnna Chernenko (1913–2010), First Lady of the Soviet UnionAnna Diamantopoulou (born 1959), Greek politicianAnna-Maria Galojan (born 1982), Estonian politician, model, and fugitiveAnna Kostanyan (born 1987), Armenian politicianAnna Mae Yu Lamentillo (born 1991), Filipino government official, academic, author, and opinion columnistAnna McMorrin (born 1971), British politicianAnna Roberts (born 1957), Canadian politicianAnna Seile (1939–2019), Latvian politicianAnna Soubry (born 1956), British politicianAnna Stavitskaya (born 1972), Russian lawyerAnna Turley (born 1978), British politicianAnna de Waal (1906–1981), Dutch politician, Secretary of Education
Sportspeople
Anna Beck (born 1979), Swedish para-cyclistAnna Blässe (born 1987), German footballerAnna Blinkova (born 1998), Russian tennis playerAnna van der Breggen (born 1990), Dutch racing cyclistAnna Chakvetadze (born 1987), Russian tennis playerAnna Dreimane (born 1997), Latvian basketball playerAnna Gerasimou (born 1987), Greek tennis playerAnna Haak (born 1996), Swedish volleyball playerAnna Korakaki (born 1996), Greek shooterAnna Kournikova (born 1981), Russian tennis playerAnna Lapushchenkova (born 1986), Russian tennis playerAnna Lazareva (born 1997), Russian volleyball playerAnna Makurat (born 2000), Polish basketball playerAnna Menconi (born 1971), Italian Paralympic archerAnna Emilie Møller (born 1997), Danish athleteAnna Nordqvist (born 1987), Swedish golferAnna Ntountounaki (born 1995), Greek swimmerAnna Patten (born 1999), English footballerAnna Pezzetta (born 2007), Italian figure skaterAnna Polak (1906–1943), Dutch Jewish gymnastAnna Pollatou (1983–2014), Greek rhythmic gymnastAnna Karolína Schmiedlová (born 1994), Slovak tennis playerAnna Ramírez (beach volleyball) (born 1984), Guatemalan athleteAnna Shcherbakova (born 2004), Russian figure skaterAnna Segal (born 1986), Australian Olympic freestyle skier, twice world championAnna Smashnova (born 1976), Belarus-born Israeli tennis playerAnna Spyridopoulou (born 1988), Greek basketball playerAnna Tatishvili (born 1990), Georgian tennis playerAnna van der Vegt (1903–1983), Dutch gymnastAnna Verouli (born 1956), Greek javelin throwerAnna Villani (born 1966), Italian marathon runnerAnna Wood (kayaker) (born 1966), Dutch-born Australian sprint canoeist
Misc
Anna , prophetess mentioned in the Gospel of Luke 2:36Anna Ahlström (1863–1943), Swedish teacher, principal, and school founderAnna Anderson (1896–1984), Romanov impostor who claimed she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia of RussiaAnna Fisher Beiler (1848–1904), British-born American missionary, newspaper editorAnna Farquhar Bergengren (1865–1???), American writer, editorAnna Bijns (1493–1575), Flemish writer, schoolteacher and nunAnna Linnikova (born 2000), Russian model and beauty pageant titleholderAnna Ewers , (born 1993), German fashion modelAnna Gurney (1795–1857), English scholar, philanthropist, geologist and a member of the Gurney family of NorfolkAnna Roosevelt Halsted (1906–1975), only daughter of president Franklin D. Roosevelt Anna Harrison (1775–1864), wife of president William Henry Harrison Anna Morris Holstein (1824–1901), American organizational founder, civil war nurse, authorAnna McGurk (1968–1991), British murder victimAnna Mons (1672–1714), Dutch commoner who almost succeeded in marrying Tsar Peter the GreatAnna Nanousi , Greek fashion model and television presenterAnna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1880–1964), American professor, authorAnna Hall Roosevelt (1863–1892), mother of Eleanor Roosevelt Anna Peck Sill (1816–1889), American educatorAnna Skarbek (born 1976), Australian businesswoman and former investment bankerAnna Synodinou (1927–2016), Greek actress and politicianAnna Tuschinski (1841–1939), Esperantist from DanzigAnna Vignoles , British educationalistAnn Wilkins (1806–1857), American missionary teacheras a masculine name
Fictional use
Anna, the sister of Dido , Queen of Carthage, in Roman mythology and later literature
Anna, an alternate name for Morgause of Arthurian legend
Anna or Ti'ana , a character in the Myst games
Anna, a character in the animated series Space Carrier Blue Noah
Anna, the titular character in Mister God, This Is Anna
Anna, he main character in When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Anna Blake, a character from the Scooby-Doo video-games Scooby-Doo! First Frights Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp
Anna Delaney, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
Anna De Souza , a character in ITV soap opera Emmerdale Anna Lightwood, a protagonist from the upcoming series The Last Hours, part of The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
Anna Karenina , a main character in a novel written by Leo Tolstoy of the same nameAnna Kyoyama , a character from Shaman King Anna Kakuzawa , a character in the Elfen Leid Anna Marks, a character in the film He's Just Not That Into You
Anna Marvin, a character in the 1991 American comedy movie What About Bob?
Anna Perenna , the sister of Dido in Roman mythology and later literatureAnna , Princess of Arendelle and the protagonist of Disney's movie Frozen Anna Schmidt, a character in Mind Your Language
Anna Elizabeth "Rag" Shaw, the protagonist in Light of My Life
Anna Valerious, a character in the 2004 film Van Helsing
Anna Williams , a character in the Tekken Anna Windass , a character in ITV soap opera Coronation Street 
