I used to prefer
Ana over
Anna by a landslide, because of the manga series Strawberry Marshmallow (the name of one of the characters). It was even on my PNL (guh!). Then i added
Anna to the list. Now i've gone off
Ana, and much prefer
Anna.
However, i used to really hate the way
Anna in any form sounded. Now i like it alot, but i'd never use it.
I don't know anyone personally named
Anna but this is the name of one of my teacher's daughters and the newborn sister of this girl my mum knows. But i can name a gazillion celebrities with this name, most of them Eastern European (i'm into that kinda thing).
I don't think it's that boring.