THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Ana
Ana is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Risa Hontiveros, Pia Hontiveros. This snapshot links the name to 18 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From various languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian, all derived—sometimes via Late Latin Anna in the Vulgate—from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”), chiefly in reference to Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of Mary, mother of Jesus, but appearing in the New Testament in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oregonian river, named for Ana Byars, daughter of the surveyor W. H. Byars. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Hannah.
A female given name, equivalent to English Anna or Hannah.
SpanishEtymology & source
Learned borrowing from Latin Anna.
Ana, a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Ann, Anna, Anne, or Hannah
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People with the name Ana
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Pia Hontiveros
Filipino journalist
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Risa Hontiveros
Filipino politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
4
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
18
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Risa Hontiveros, Pia Hontiveros
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Ana in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Ana
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Anam·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Anja♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Ann♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Anna♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Ano♂Short form of Capistrano
- Anya♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Dana♂♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Jana♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Ana?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Recorded combinations with Ana
5 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Ana Cristina·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Ana Isabel♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Ana Lerio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Ana Marie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Ma. Ana·Recorded Philippine given-name form
Explore Ana further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q482671 — Ana (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Risa Hontiveros (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q482671 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Pia Hontiveros (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q482671 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ana (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ana (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.