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This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is Literature; and the pattern is *ana*.
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Aikanáro m Literature
Means "fell fire". This is the Quenya form of Aegnor.
Anactoria f Literature, Greek Mythology (Latinized, ?), Ancient Greek (Latinized, ?)
Latinized form of the Greek Ἀνακτορία (Anaktoria), derived from ἀνακτόρῐος (anaktorios) "royal", literally "belonging to a king, a lord" from ἀνάκτωρ (anaktor) "lord", from ἄναξ (anax) "lord"... [more]
Anadil f Literature
The character Anadil from The School For Good And Evil by Soman Chainani bears this name.
Anairë f Literature
Means "holiest" in Quenya. In The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien Anairë is the wife of Fingolfin and mother of Fingon, Turgon, Aredhel and Argon... [more]
Anarda f Spanish, Literature
An elaboration of Ana created by Cervantes for his novel 'Don Quixote' (1605).
Anárion m Literature
Means "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 Literature
Name 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.
Anatool m Dutch (Archaic), Flemish (Rare), Literature
Dutch and Flemish form of Anatolius.... [more]
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... [more]
Biana f Literature
Means "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, Literature
Latinized 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)... [more]
Danador m Arthurian Cycle
A vassal of Emperor Filimenis of Constantinople, father of Sir Floriant.
Danaim m Arthurian Cycle
A knight and nephew of Sir Daras. He guarded Daras’s castle against interlopers. They lodged several renowned knights of Arthur’s court, including Lancelot, Palamedes, and Tristan... [more]
Igriana f Literature (Polonized)
Polonized form of Igraine, used in the Polish translation of Marion Zimmer Bradley's fantasy novel The Mists of Avalon (1983).... [more]
Kanafinwë m Literature
Means "strong-voiced Finwë". In Tolkien's Legendarium this is the father-name of Maglor, Fëanor's second son and the foster father of Elrond and Elros... [more]
Karana f Literature
Used 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... [more]
Ladiana f Arthurian Cycle
The niece of King Mark of Cornwall.
Laurana f Literature
Perhaps an elaboration of Laura. Laurana is one of the main characters in the "Dragonlance" book series by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman.
Luriana f Literature
Charles 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 Literature
Maanape 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 Cycle
A 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, Indonesian
Feminine 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'... [more]
Meridiana f English (Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare), Literature
According to Walter Map's 12th-century work De nugis curialium (Courtiers' Trifles), Pope Sylvester II owed his powerful position in the Catholic Church to the influence of a succubus named Meridiana.... [more]
Morghana f Arthurian Cycle
A 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 Literature
Form 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... [more]
Olana f Literature
The name of a character in Shannon Hale's Princess Academy (2008).
Sardanapalus m Ancient Greek, Literature
The name is probably an ancient Greek corruption of Ashurbanipal, the last great Assyrian emperor-king of the Assyrian Empire.... [more]
Tanabos m Arthurian Cycle, Literature
A 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.... [more]
Tanaquill f Literature
Variant 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.
Tarzanas m Literature
Lithuanian form of Tarzan.
Trisana f Literature
Name of one of the main characters in Tamora Pierce's Circle of Magic series.
Tristana f Literature, Breton, Provençal
Feminine form of Tristan. This is the name of the main character in Benito Pérez Galdós' eponymous novel Tristana (1892).
Verdoana f Arthurian Cycle
The 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... [more]