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Anne

//æn// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from French.

    "Immortal God, that savedest Susanne / From false blame; and thou merciful maid, / Mary I mean, the daughter to Saint Anne, /Before whose child the angels sing Osanne,"

  2. 2
    A male given name from the Germanic languages, of mainly French and Frisian usage, see Anne Robert Jacques Turgot rare

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

A shortened form of any of various Germanic masculine names which began with arn (eagle), such as Arnold.

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