It was a popular name in the Byzantine Empire from an early date and in the Middle Ages it became common among Western Christians due to veneration of Saint Anna.

Anna the name. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah. Coincidentally her name was Anna Anna Pelley. From the verb חנן hanan to be gracious.

חנה Ancient Greek. More recently she was a simple model from Moscow but in a very short time she was able to enter the elite. Etymology Historical Origin of the Baby Name Anna.

During this year 2698 babies were named Anna which was 14523 of the baby girls born in the USA that year. Anna or Anne the mother of the Virgin Mary. Anna gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1881 when its usage went up by 10843.

Ananias Annas Baal-hanan Ben-hanan Elhanan Elonbeth-hanan Hanan Hananel Hanani Hananiah Hannah Hannathon Hannibal Hanniel Hanun Hen Henadad Jannes Jehohanan Joanna Johanan John Jonan Tahan Tehinnah The name Anna in the Bible. Hannah comes from the Hebrew Channah חנה which literally translates to grace graciousness from the root hanan meaning he was gracious showed favor. Once she entered the hotel of an influential and very dangerous person after which a whole mountain of corpses was discovered there.

Anna is periodically popular in the English-speaking world as a Latinate variant of AnnAnne. Anna Origin and Meaning The name Anna is a girls name of Hebrew origin meaning grace. In Arthurian Legend Baby Names the meaning of the name Anna is.

Anna is the Latinate form of Anne which is an English equivalent of Hannah losing the original hs on both ends. The name Anna is primarily a female name of Hebrew origin that means Gracious Merciful. Many later Old Testament translations including the English use the Hannah spelling instead of Anna.