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Anna origin of the name. In Arthurian Legend Baby Names the meaning of the name Anna is. We are periodically adding new names and. Meaning of Anna.

Family name origins meanings Of uncertain origin. To find out more about the origin and meaning of the name Anna as well as similar names visit babynamescouk for inspiration. It was a popular name in the Byzantine Empire from an early date.

From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman. Heb Gracious or merciful Name day. It is of Hebrew origin and the meaning of Anna is He God has favored me.

Baby Names Meaning Name is considered as the unseen identity of a persons personality. Anna is the Latin form of Hannah a Hebrew name that derived from root chanan meaning grace European Christians embraced the name for its associations with the Virgin Marys mother Saint Annaknown in English as Saint Anne. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah.

The name Anna comes to us from the Hebrew word חנה Ḥannāh or Chanah meaning grace or favor The ancient Romans also used Anna as a name meaning the years cycle. Anna is a palindrome name it can be spelled the same way forward or backward. Anna is part of a.

A devout woman who saw the infant Jesus presented at. Form of Channah see HANNAH used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Anna is a Latinate variant of the French Anne a cognate of the Hebrew Hannah gracious full of grace.