Complete Definition of "Ann"

English

Alternative spellings
Anne

Etymology
The English form of Anna, the Greek New Testament form of the Hebrew female name Hannah, meaning 'grace; gracious'. Cf. Johannes, Hannibal.

Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. The mother of Virgin Mary in apocryphal gospels ( also Anne and Anna).
  2. given name|female|from Hebrew popular since fourteenth century, today a very common middle name.

Translations
trans-top|female given name
Catalan: Anna
Croatian: t-|hr|Ana|f
Czech: t-|cs|Anna
Danish: t-|da|Anna
Estonian: t-|et|Anna
Finnish: t+|fi|Anna
French: t+|fr|Anne
German: t+|de|Anna
Greek: �ννα (Anna)
Hebrew: (Hannah)
Icelandic: t+|is|Anna
Interlingua: Anna
trans-mid
Irish: �nna
Italian: t+|it|Anna
Latin: t+|la|Anna
Norwegian: t-|no|Anna
Polish: t+|pl|Anna, t+|pl|Ania
Portuguese: t-|pt|Ana
Russian: �нна (Anna)
Scottish Gaelic: Anna
Slovene: t+|sl|Ana
Spanish: t+|es|Ana
Swedish: t+|sv|Anna
trans-bottom

Related terms
Anita, Anna, Anne, Annette, Annie, Annika, Anya, Nan, Nance,Nancy, Nannie, Nanny

abbreviation
Ann

  1. Anniversary
  2. Annual

Category:English proper nouns


Danish

Proper noun
Ann

  1. given name|female||da: borrowed from English.

Norwegian

Proper noun
Ann

  1. given name|female||no: borrowed from English.

Swedish

Proper noun
Ann

  1. given name|female||sv: borrowed from English or abbreviated from Anna, often appearing as the first part of hyphenated names such as Ann-Marie or Ann-Kristin.

Category:Swedish proper nouns

ang:Ann
de:Ann
fr:Ann
is:Ann
sr:Ann

Revision and Credits for"Ann"
  • 2007-11-13 10:41 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for cs, da, et, fi, fr, de, is, it, la, no, pl, pt, sl, es, sv

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