Gender Feminine
Meaning & History
French diminutive of ANNE (1). It has also been widely used in the English-speaking world, and it became popular in America in the late 1950s due to the fame of actress Annette Funicello (1942-).
Related Names
VariantsAnnie, Anny, Anouk, Ninon(French) Annett(German) Anette(Danish) Anette(Swedish) Anette(Norwegian) Annet(Dutch)
DiminutiveNettie(English)
Other Languages & CulturesQuanna(African American) Hannah(Arabic) Ane, Anne(Basque) Anna, Hanna(Belarusian) Anna, Hannah(Biblical) Anna(Biblical Greek) Channah(Biblical Hebrew) Anna(Biblical Latin) Anna, Annaig, Annick(Breton) Ana, Anna, Anelia, Aneliya, Ani, Anka(Bulgarian) Aina, Anna, Anaïs(Catalan) Ana, Hana, Anica, Anita, Anka, Jana, Nensi(Croatian) Anna, Hana, Aneta(Czech) Anna, Anne, Anneli, Annika, Anu(Estonian) Anna(Faroese) Anna, Anne, Hanna, Anita, Anneli, Anni, Anniina, Annika, Annikki, Annukka, Anu, Hannele, Niina(Finnish) Antje(Frisian) Ana, Anano, Ani, Anuki(Georgian) Anna(Greek) Chana, Chanah, Hanna, Hannah(Hebrew) Anett, Anna, Hanna, Anikó, Panka, Panna, Panni(Hungarian) Anna, Hanna(Icelandic) Nainsí(Irish) Anna, Annabella, Annetta(Italian) Anna, Anita(Latvian) Ona(Lithuanian) Anke, Antje(Low German) Ana(Macedonian) Ann(Manx) Anna, Anaïs(Occitan) Anna, Hanna, Aneta, Anika, Anita, Anka, Hania(Polish) Ana, Anabela, Anita(Portuguese) Ana, Anișoara, Anca, Ancuța, Ani(Romanian) Anna, Ania, Annushka, Anya(Russian) Annag, Nandag(Scottish) Ana, Anica, Anka, Jana(Serbian) Anna, Hana(Slovak) Ana, Anica, Anika, Anita, Anuša, Nuša(Slovene) Hana(Sorbian) Ana, Anabel, Ani, Anita(Spanish) Anna, Ganna, Hanna(Ukrainian) Henda, Hendel, Hene, Henye(Yiddish)
Popularity
People think this name is
classic formal upper class natural wholesome refined strange serious nerdy
Name Days
Sweden: September 9
Categories
actresses, Castlevania characters, Cheers characters, currently out of the US top 1000, Dionne family, Dutch royal family, ends in -ette, Fire Emblem characters, House of Cards US characters, Leo Tolstoy characters, Resident Evil 2 characters, W Somerset Maugham characters, Will and Grace characters
