Anna is a Latin form of the Greek: Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah (Hebrew: ‫חַנָּה‬

Ḥannāh),

meaning "favor"

or "grace" or "beautiful".
Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Anne, .

originally a French version of the name, though in use in

English speaking countries for hundreds of years, and Ann, which was originally the
English spelling.
Saint Anne is traditionally the name of the mother of the Virgin Mary, which
accounts for its wide use and popularity among Christians.

The name has also been used for numerous saints and queens.

In the context of pre-Christian Europe, the name can be found in Virgil's Aeneid,
[1] where Anna appears as the sister of Dido advising
her to keep Aeneas in her city.

Alternate forms of Anna, including spelling variants, short forms, diminutives and
transliterations are:

Anawatoi
Aina – Catalan, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian
Ana – Bulgarian, Croatian, English, Galician, Georgian, Hawaiian, Macedonian,
Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Albanian
‫ – حنا‬Arabic
ანა – Georgian
Anaïs – Catalan, French, Provençal
Anano – Georgian
Anča – Slovak, Romanian
Ance – Latvian

Anci – Hungarian
Ancsa – Hungarian
Ane – Basque, Danish, Hawaiian
Anechka – Russian
Anelie – German
Anella – Estonian
Anelle – Estonian
Anna – Catalan, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Polish, Russian
Anete – Estonian, Latvian
Anett – Estonian
Anette – Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
Ania – Ukrainian, Polish, Russian
Anica – Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish
Anice – Scots
Anicuta – Portuguese, Romanian
Anika – Danish, Dutch, German
Annika – Swedish, Finnish
Anikó – Hungarian
Anina – German
Anissa – English
Anisa – Albanian
Anita – Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, English, Polish
Anitte – German
Annychka – Ukrainian
Anja – Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish
Anka – Bulgarian, Czech, German, Croatian, Polish, Russian, Serbian
Anke – Frisian, German
Anne – Danish, English, Estonian, French, Swedish
Anna – Armenian, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English,
Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Latvian, Malayalam, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovakian,
Swedish, Spanish
安娜 – Mandarin Chinese
アンナ – Japanese
杏奈 – Japanese
안나 (An-na) – Korean[2]
Annabel – Dutch
Annaki – Greek
Annamma – Malayalam
Annchen – German
Ann – Danish, Dutch, English, French, German
Annechien - Dutch
Anneka – English

Anneke – Dutch
Anneli – Estonian, Finnish, Swedish
Annelie – Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish
Annella – Scots
Annele – Latvian
Annelle – French
Annet – Dutch
Annetta – Italian
Annette – Danish, Dutch, French, Swedish
Anni – Estonian, Finnish, German, Swedish
Annick – Breton
Annie – Dutch, English, French
Anniina – Finnish
Annija – Latvian
Annika – Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Swedish
Annike – Estonian
Anniken – Norwegian
Anniki – Estonian
Annikki – Finnish
Anniņa – Latvian
Annio – Greek
Annora – English
Annouche – French
Annoula – Greek
Annu – Finnish
Annus – Hungarian
Annukka – Finnish
Annushka – Russian
Annuska – Hungarian
Anona – English
Anouk – Dutch, French
Ans – Dutch
Antje – Dutch, German
Anu – Estonian, Finnish
Anushka – Russian
Anya – Russian
Anyuta – Russian
Asya – Russian
Asenka – Russian
Chana – Hebrew
Chanah – Hebrew
Channah – Hebrew
Enye – Hebrew
Hajna – Hungarian
Hana ‫ – ܚܐܢܐ‬Syriac
Hana – Czech, Slovak, Turkish
Hania – Ukrainian, Polish
Hanna – Belarusian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Ge'ez, German,
Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Ukrainian
Hannah – Hebrew, Arabic, English, Estonian, Swedish
Hanne – German, Scandinavian
Hannela – Estonian
Hannele – Estonian, Finnish
Hannelore – German
Hannusia – Ukrainian
Hena – Yiddish
Henda – Yiddish
Hendel – Yiddish
Hene – Yiddish
Henye – Yiddish
Ona – Hebrew, Lithuanian, Finnish
Onnee – Manx
Panna – Hungarian
Աննա – Armenian
แอนนา - Thai language