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Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. [1]
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.
Anne, Ana, Ann, and other variants of the name derive from the Hellenized Hebrew: Anna (Ἅννα) The Phoenician name Hannibal derives from the same Canaanite root and means "My grace is Baal". [1] In the Books of Samuel of the Hebrew Bible, Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel.
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) [b] was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of Scotland and England, until her death in 1714. Anne was born during the reign of her uncle King Charles II.
However, the original name Joanna in ancient Greek, Hebrew and Latin is a single unit, not a compound name. The names Hannah, Anna, Anne, Ann are etymologically related to Joanne just the same: they are derived from Hebrew חַנָּה Ḥannāh 'grace' from the same verbal root meaning "to be gracious".
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The name was also later used as an English diminutive of Anne or Ann. It has been used as an independent name since the 18th century. It has been used as an independent name since the 18th century. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In some instances it replaced variant Nanny, which was associated with the stereotype of a common, promiscuous woman from the 17th ...
Its medieval English pronunciation was Annis, and its usage and many of its forms coincided with the equally popular name "Anna", related in medieval and Elizabethan times to Agnes, though Anne/Ann/Anna derive from the Hebrew 'Hannah" ('God favored me') rather than from the Greek. [3]