This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is Literature; and the pattern is *ana*.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Anadil f LiteratureThe character Anadil from
The School For Good And Evil by Soman Chainani bears this name.
Anárion m LiteratureMeans "son of the sun" in Quenya. This was the name of the younger son of Elendil in Tolkien's works. He was a king of Gondor and slain in combat with Sauron.
Anathema f LiteratureName of the fictional character Ananthema Device from the show Good Omens inspired by Terry Pratchett Neil Gaiman's book. The name is derived from the word meaning "someone who is disliked" or "a curse by a pope or minister of the church", which makes sense as the character is an occultist.
Anayansi f Literature, Spanish (Latin American)Used by Panamanian author Octavio Méndez Pereira for a character in his historical novel
Núñez de Balboa, el tesoro de Dabaibe (1934), where it belongs to an indigenous princess who falls in love with the Spanish conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa... [
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Biana f LiteratureMeans "fair skinned", "white", or "fair". It was invented for a character in the
Keeper of the Lost Cities series, Biana Amberly Vacker, by
Shannon Messenger.
Calmana f Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend, LiteratureLatinized form of
Kalmana, the name of Cain's wife and twin sister in Judeo-Christian legend (e.g., found in the (first Greek redaction of the) 'Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius', written in Syriac in the late 7th century)... [
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Karana f LiteratureUsed by American author Scott O'Dell in his children's novel 'Island of the Blue Dolphins' (1960). Karana is 'secret' name of the main character, a young Native American girl stranded for years on an island off the California coast... [
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Laurana f LiteraturePerhaps an elaboration of
Laura. Laurana is one of the main characters in the "Dragonlance" book series by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman.
Luriana f LiteratureCharles Isaac Elton used this in his poem
Luriana, Lurilee (written in 1899), which was often quoted in the novel
To the Lighthouse (1927) by Virginia Woolf.
Maanape m LiteratureMaanape is a character in the 1928 novel
Macunaíma, o herói sem nenhum caráter (
Macunaíma in English) by Brazilian writer Mário de Andrade. The novel is considered one of the founding texts of Brazilian modernism.
Manathes m Arthurian CycleA follower of Joseph of Arimathea who, in Sarras, was once charged with guarding an ark containing the Holy Grail. His companions were Anascor and Lucan.
Marjanah f Literature, IndonesianFeminine form of
Marjan. It is notably used within the Arabian Nights as the name of the clever slave of Ali Baba within 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'... [
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Morghana f Arthurian CycleA variation of
Morgan, an enchantress or fairy, probably derived from the Welsh
Modron and, ultimately, from the Celtic goddess
Matrona, and she may have been influenced by an enchantress in Irish mythology called
Morrigan, an Irish crow-goddess of war (
Morgan, like
Arthur, occasionally took the shape of a raven or a crow).
Morgiana f LiteratureForm of
Marjanah used in some versions of 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', one of the tales of 'The 1001 Nights', where it is the name of a clever slave girl... [
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Olana f LiteratureThe name of a character in Shannon Hale's
Princess Academy (2008).
Tanabos m Arthurian Cycle, LiteratureA necromancer who lived in Britain some time between the time of Joseph of Arimathea and Uther Pendragon. He was hailed as the greatest magician ever to reside on the island, save Merlin.... [
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Tanaquill f LiteratureVariant of
Tanaquil used in Edmund Spenser's poem
The Faerie Queene (1590), where it belongs to a daughter of Oberon who becomes the fairy queen
Gloriana.
Trisana f LiteratureName of one of the main characters in Tamora Pierce's Circle of Magic series.
Verdoana f Arthurian CycleThe lady of the castle Aspetta Ventura in La Tavola Ritonda. She suffered from leprosy and could only be cured by the blood of a royal virgin. In the quest to heal her, her knights bled hundreds of virgins, most of whom perished... [
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