THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Anne
Anne is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Julie Anne San Jose, Anne Curtis. This snapshot links the name to 7 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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English
- /æn/General-American · Received-Pronunciation
- [eən]General American, /æ/ raising
- /an/British · Northern-England · Scotland · Southern · Standard · Wales
- /æːn/Australia
- /eːn//æ/ raising
- /ɛn/New-Zealand
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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 French Anne (“Ann”), from Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ann, Ana, Anna, and Hannah. Compare John.
A female given name from French.
EnglishEtymology & source
A shortened form of any of various Germanic masculine names which began with arn (eagle), such as Arnold.
A male given name from the Germanic languages, of mainly French and Frisian usage, see Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
EnglishEtymology & source
From a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-West Germanic *Arnuwald, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”). For the first part of the word doublet of erne, ornis, and ornitho-. Compare the Latin male given name and cognomen Aquila, and female given name Aquilīna (whence Russian Акули́на (Akulína)), related to aquila (whence eagle).
A male given name from the Germanic languages brought to England by Normans.
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People with the name Anne
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
Anne Curtis
Filipino actress
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Julie Anne San Jose
Filipino singer
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
Wikidata
7
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Julie Anne San Jose, Anne Curtis
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Anne 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 Anne
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
- Ann♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Anna♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Annie♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Janne♂♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Ana♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Anam·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- André♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Andy♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Anne?
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Recorded combinations with Anne
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q564684 — Anne (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Julie Anne San Jose (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q564684 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Anne Curtis (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q564684 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Anne (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Anne (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.