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The baby name Anna is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈænə/ (AN-ə); also /ˈɑːnə/ (AH-nah) in some accents.

Anna is Hebrew in Origin.

Gender: Female
Syllables: 2.0
Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: /ˈænə/ (AN-ə); also /ˈɑːnə/ (AH-nah) in some accents

What is the meaning of the name Anna ?

The baby name Anna is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈænə/ (AN-ə); also /ˈɑːnə/ (AH-nah) in some accents.

Anna is Hebrew in Origin.

Anna descends from the Hebrew name Channah, meaning “grace” or “favor,” entering Greek as Hanna/Anna and Latin as Anna. It is anchored in Judeo‑Christian tradition through Anna the Prophetess in the Gospel of Luke and, more influentially, through Saint Anne/Anna, revered as the mother of Mary in early Christian writings. The simplicity and universal phonetics of Anna helped it travel seamlessly across languages.

The name surged throughout medieval Europe with the cult of Saint Anne and has remained a perennial classic from Russia and Poland to Germany, Scandinavia, Italy, and the Hispanic world. Common variants and related forms include Anne (French/English), Ana (Spanish/Portuguese/Slavic), Ann (English), Hannah/Hanna (the Hebrew root revived), Annie (English diminutive), Anya/Anja/Ania (Slavic/Germanic pet forms), Annika/Anika (Scandinavian/German diminutives), and Anita (Romance diminutive). Across traditions, Anna conveys enduring qualities of grace, favor, and kindness.

Anna has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Anna

Anna Netrebko Actor · Born 1971 · Austria Anna Netrebko is a famous Russian operatic soprano known for her powerful voice and captivating performances. She gained international fame for her roles in operas like 'La Traviata' and 'Don Giovanni'. Anna has performed on some of the world's most prestigious stages, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna State Opera. Anna Magnani Actor · Born 1908 · Italy Anna Magnani was an Italian actor best known for her powerful performances in films like 'Rome, Open City' and 'The Rose Tattoo'. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in 'The Rose Tattoo'. Her intense and passionate acting style made her a standout figure in Italian cinema. Anna Kendrick Actor · Born 1985 · United States Anna Kendrick is an American actor best known for her role as Beca Mitchell in the Pitch Perfect film series. She also starred in the movie Up in the Air, which earned her an Academy Award nomination. Her performance in the musical film Into the Woods showcased her singing talent.
Anna I of Russia Politician · Born 1693 · Russian Empire Anna I of Russia was the Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740, known for her autocratic rule and the establishment of the secret police. Her reign is often remembered for its extravagant court life and the construction of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. She was a key figure in the history of the Russian Empire during the early 18th century. Anna Nicole Smith Actor|musician · Born 1967 · United States Anna Nicole Smith was an American model and actress who gained fame as a Playboy Playmate and for her reality TV show 'The Anna Nicole Show'. She also appeared in films like 'Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult'. Her life was often in the public eye due to her high-profile marriage to billionaire J. Howard Marshall. Anna Faris Actor · Born 1976 · United States Anna Faris is an American actor best known for her comedic roles in the 'Scary Movie' film series. She also starred in 'The House Bunny' and voiced a character in 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'.

Celebrity babies named Anna

Name Last Name(s) Mother Mother famous for Fame Level Father Father famous for Fame Level
Anna Bergman Ingmar Bergman film director ★★★★★
Anna Ermakova Boris Becker tennis player ★★★★★
Anna Marie Gabriel Peter Gabriel television actor ★★★★★
Anna Mikhalkova Tatiana Mikhalkova model ★★★★★ Nikita Mikhalkov film director ★★★★★
Anna Baryshnikov Mikhail Baryshnikov television actor ★★★★★
Anna Juditha Messner Reinhold Messner film director ★★★★★
Anna Steiger Rod Steiger television actor ★★★★★
Anna Aggelopoulou Foivi Oikonomopoulou film producer Thodoros Angelopoulos film producer ★★★★★
Anna Katharina Rehmann-Salten Felix Salten film director ★★★★★
Anna Tikhonova Vyacheslav Tikhonov television actor ★★★★★
Anna Mahler Alma Mahler model ★★★★★
Anna Lou Castoldi Asia Argento film director ★★★★★ Morgan singer ★★★★★
Anna Górecka Henryk Górecki musician ★★★★★
Anna Biolay Chiara Mastroianni singer ★★★★★ Benjamin Biolay rapper ★★★★★
Anna Cramling Pia Cramling professional boxer ★★★★★ Juan Manuel Bellón López professional boxer ★★★★★

Anna – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Girls 2025 #1 — 874
Germany Girls 2025 #1 — 411
EE 0 #1 49 1,051
Iceland Girls 2023 #1 4,782 60
Iceland 0 #1 63 71
Iceland Girls 0 #1 243 132
PL Girls 0 #1 60,973 5,096
PL 0 #1 3,328 2,600
IT Girls 0 #2 327,347 9,415
CY Girls 0 #3 712 3,755
EE Girls 0 #3 620 1,888
KH 0 #3 1 102
RU Girls 0 #3 39,324 11,913
RU 0 #3 1,802 3,641
Austria Girls 2024 #4 516 60
Finland Girls 2026 #4 27,918 3,895
GR Girls 0 #4 2,840 6,293
NL Girls 2014 #5 561 73
MT Girls 0 #5 506 3,773
NA Girls 0 #5 1,226 7,146
FJ 0 #6 1 374
HU Girls 0 #6 2,141 3,308
France Girls 2021 #7 2,515 3,185
CN Girls 0 #7 1,390 8,829
FJ Girls 0 #8 2 583
IL Girls 0 #8 4,766 11,648
KR 0 #8 1 201
CY 0 #9 89 1,632
IT 0 #9 14,958 4,183
TM Girls 0 #9 32 574
BN Girls 0 #10 138 5,459
NA 0 #10 26 2,537
IT Girls 2024 #11 1,983 47
Finland 0 #11 1,364 830
HU 0 #11 220 1,675
KR Girls 0 #11 5 572
Belgium Girls 2024 #12 289 424
BG Girls 0 #12 642 3,559
GR 0 #12 391 3,911
HT 0 #12 1 399
KZ 0 #13 119 1,452
PH 0 #13 93 5,607
PS Girls 0 #13 2,955 10,981
Austria Girls 0 #14 5,005 1,885
Austria 0 #14 555 850
Germany Girls 0 #15 16,442 4,949
KZ Girls 0 #15 2,359 5,862
Germany 0 #16 1,714 2,542
BN 0 #17 15 2,297
BG 0 #18 70 1,799
CZ Girls 0 #18 6,998 5,378
SV Girls 0 #18 1 458
Switzerland Girls 2024 #19 183 1,786
BW 0 #19 1 960
Finland Girls 0 #19 4,291 1,368
IR Girls 0 #19 7,463 8,334
MT 0 #19 25 1,767
DK Girls 0 #20 1,664 7,429
Norway Girls 2025 #21 196 453
HN 0 #21 2 704
GE Girls 0 #22 219 1,564
GE 0 #22 23 997
HT Girls 0 #22 2 950
MD Girls 0 #22 144 865
MO Girls 0 #23 424 7,056
ID Girls 0 #24 87 3,319
MY Girls 0 #24 6,086 24,821
ID 0 #25 15 2,238
LU Girls 0 #25 277 4,850
LU 0 #25 43 2,830
PH Girls 0 #26 835 13,098
MD 0 #27 8 434
MV Girls 0 #27 9 2,021
AL Girls 0 #28 445 4,141
HK Girls 0 #28 3,714 16,104
AL 0 #30 47 2,372
BI Girls 0 #30 4 726
CZ 0 #30 560 3,154
DK 0 #30 354 5,198
SG Girls 0 #30 2,375 18,916
TW Girls 0 #30 496 8,139
NL Girls 0 #31 7,120 5,933
IR 0 #32 563 4,221
MO 0 #35 18 2,706
PS 0 #35 274 5,692
TM Boys 0 #35 2 614
ZA Girls 0 #37 8,293 25,928
HN Girls 0 #38 1 884
CN 0 #40 46 3,857
AE Girls 0 #41 1,218 20,968
AZ 0 #42 2 706
Spain 0 #42 1,609 2,326
TW 0 #45 57 4,523
JP 0 #47 31 4,057
QA 0 #48 53 7,011
QA Girls 0 #50 406 15,378
Canada Girls 2024 #51 415 2,795
Spain Girls 0 #52 14,842 5,561
JP Girls 0 #52 333 6,592
New Zealand Girls 2010 #53 59 98
CM 0 #53 4 2,592
IL 0 #53 420 6,291
PR 0 #53 3 1,497
OM Girls 0 #58 506 15,987
AO 0 #60 17 2,729
NL 0 #61 539 2,481
MY 0 #62 359 12,352
AZ Girls 0 #63 12 1,051
AE 0 #65 119 10,220
LT 0 #65 23 949
JM 0 #67 21 3,714
IN 0 #71 1 2,963
HK 0 #72 441 8,483
RS Girls 0 #72 69 1,651
SG 0 #73 251 11,010
SI 0 #74 7 1,612
AF 0 #76 1 1,883
MV Boys 0 #77 3 3,375
RS 0 #78 7 923
LT Girls 0 #80 227 1,904
MD Boys 0 #80 2 756
OM 0 #81 36 6,215
AF Girls 0 #89 6 2,402
KW 0 #92 25 5,216
BR Girls 0 #93 5,442 12,708
United States Girls 2024 #94 2,700 8,487
JM Girls 0 #101 208 7,507
SD 0 #102 1 2,130
KW Girls 0 #104 619 19,177
CR 0 #105 54 5,526
GE Boys 0 #105 6 2,055
MU Girls 0 #105 343 8,539
BW Girls 0 #112 37 4,216
PA 0 #113 18 3,797
SI Girls 0 #113 64 2,769
AO Girls 0 #115 103 4,575
MU 0 #115 22 3,613
Sweden Girls 2022 #116 66 1,568
EE Boys 0 #122 4 2,087
HR Girls 0 #125 280 3,687
HR 0 #127 53 2,081
CY Boys 0 #130 2 3,473
IQ 0 #130 4 3,533
AZ Boys 0 #131 1 1,400
BN Boys 0 #133 7 6,332
JO 0 #136 5 2,158
PR Girls 0 #144 18 3,171
GH Girls 0 #146 254 6,973
BR 0 #148 236 5,969
LT Boys 0 #151 1 2,166
BW Boys 0 #154 1 4,685
RS Boys 0 #154 1 2,277
MX 0 #155 340 8,339
PT Girls 0 #157 618 7,952
PL Boys 0 #162 252 6,459
UY 0 #167 11 2,477
AR 0 #168 19 2,915
PT 0 #170 81 4,161
NG Girls 0 #172 1,943 15,093
HU Boys 0 #173 2 3,954
MT Boys 0 #177 3 4,064
ZA 0 #198 261 14,421
CM Girls 0 #199 512 11,671
GH 0 #200 44 5,396
MX Girls 0 #202 4,929 17,781
SI Boys 0 #209 3 3,402
BD 0 #210 18 5,992
BG Boys 0 #215 6 3,850
NA Boys 0 #215 21 6,830
LU Boys 0 #217 4 4,970
SA Girls 0 #218 1,195 25,931
EC Girls 0 #220 20 3,650
NG 0 #220 45 5,926
MO Boys 0 #226 9 5,842
CR Girls 0 #228 400 11,342
JO Girls 0 #234 94 7,570
GR Boys 0 #237 31 6,912
SA 0 #243 53 10,560
RU Boys 0 #247 333 12,621
AO Boys 0 #248 2 5,568
TW Boys 0 #249 8 7,111
HR Boys 0 #253 7 3,997
PA Girls 0 #256 259 9,861
KZ Boys 0 #258 32 6,578
SD Girls 0 #266 80 7,678
BD Girls 0 #267 120 8,413
AF Boys 0 #272 3 3,535
AL Boys 0 #274 25 5,122
CZ Boys 0 #276 29 6,530
PE 0 #280 31 6,350
GT 0 #283 32 5,948
JM Boys 0 #291 3 6,876
Canada Boys 1996 #298 5 1,867
CN Boys 0 #303 17 9,639
JP Boys 0 #303 1 7,909
BH 0 #306 260 17,937
UY Girls 0 #308 241 6,731
LB 0 #323 434 13,263
DK Boys 0 #330 3 7,401
IQ Girls 0 #334 180 11,303
YE 0 #342 40 8,639
EG 0 #351 50 6,387
GT Girls 0 #353 161 7,500
GH Boys 0 #356 6 8,138
BO 0 #358 24 6,868
MU Boys 0 #361 9 8,477
PH Boys 0 #361 23 11,440
AR Girls 0 #365 287 8,289
CL 0 #376 36 6,867
EG Girls 0 #379 997 14,742
PT Boys 0 #380 2 7,951
JO Boys 0 #381 9 7,057
CO 0 #393 88 7,768
SY 0 #394 406 11,684
Austria Boys 0 #403 40 2,180
IT Boys 0 #408 2,564 10,046
UY Boys 0 #409 5 5,922
CO Girls 0 #414 1,246 16,140
Finland Boys 0 #416 12 2,041
LY 0 #429 108 12,703
BO Girls 0 #430 190 9,488
SD Boys 0 #431 15 10,523
DZ 0 #449 1,168 20,130
AR Boys 0 #479 5 7,628
PE Girls 0 #482 625 14,861
HK Boys 0 #484 44 12,905
IN Girls 0 #493 139 13,121
TN 0 #494 408 13,765
GT Boys 0 #498 2 7,625
PA Boys 0 #500 6 9,305
CR Boys 0 #508 3 10,188
IR Boys 0 #512 41 10,162
PS Boys 0 #515 34 10,655
CL Girls 0 #519 370 14,098
MA 0 #525 896 20,986
CM Boys 0 #526 25 12,054
BD Boys 0 #559 18 10,045
SG Boys 0 #560 138 17,960
IL Boys 0 #576 32 10,983
TR 0 #596 1,322 19,440
BO Boys 0 #619 4 9,244
IQ Boys 0 #635 33 13,071
KW Boys 0 #635 135 18,755
QA Boys 0 #639 69 18,093
BR Boys 0 #677 75 12,213
CL Boys 0 #696 5 13,390
OM Boys 0 #754 128 17,948
IN Boys 0 #766 241 16,750
EG Boys 0 #774 113 15,035
Germany Boys 0 #826 127 5,697
Spain Boys 0 #847 84 5,610
NL Boys 0 #856 96 5,873
PE Boys 0 #865 14 14,506
MY Boys 0 #890 223 25,439
ZA Boys 0 #891 293 25,619
AE Boys 0 #892 201 22,615
United States Boys 2021 #905 6 7,214
CO Boys 0 #907 14 15,656
NG Boys 0 #912 40 16,906
MX Boys 0 #944 39 16,355
SA Boys 0 #1,189 441 28,008

Anna is popular in 101 countries — most recent births per country:

France
Norway
NL
Ireland
Scotland, United Kingdom

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People also ask about Anna

Anna is predominantly a girl's name.
Anna is a 2 syllable name, pronounced /ˈænə/ (AN-ə); also /ˈɑːnə/ (AH-nah) in some accents.
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Anne, Ann, Ana, Annie, Annette and Annika.
Across languages, Anna has these equivalents: Russian/Slavic: Анна (Anna), Аня (Anya - diminutive), Greek: Άννα (Ánna), Hebrew: חַנָּה (Channah/Hannah).
Yes, very popular — Anna ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 17 countries.
Anna ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Anna's popularity is holding steady. It moved from #1 in 2015 to #1 in 2025 in Ireland.
Yes — 36 notable people named Anna are in our database, including Anna Netrebko (Actor), Anna Magnani (Actor), Anna Kendrick (Actor).
Yes — at least 15 celebrity couples have chosen Anna for their child, including Ingmar Bergman.