Anna - Definition and Overview

Anna or Anne or Ann is a popular given name. It is derived from the Hebrew name "Hannah" which means grace, charm, mercy. The word is also a feminine form of the Latin word for "year". There are a number of people named Anna or Anne:

• Anna was the sister of Dido in Roman mythology and later literature. Ovid identified her with Anna Perenna in one account.
• Anna Perenna, the Roman goddess
• Saint Anne (or Santa Ana), known by tradition as the mother of The Virgin Mary, and grandmother of Jesus
• Anna, from the Gospel of Luke 2:36, a "prophetess", "daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher"
• Anna, a king of East Anglia
• Anna or Anne was the name of numerous queens, including:
  • Queen Anne I of the United Kingdom
  • Queen Anne of Brittany
  • Queen Consort Anna of Austria
  • Empress Anna of Russia
• Anna, a Polish porn star

The form "Saint Anna" (or Santa Ana in Spanish) is also used in names, for example for Antonio López de Santa Anna, a Mexican soldier-statesman.

The name Anna was also used as:

• the codename of Alfred Frenzel, a Czechoslovakian spy
• Anna or Ti'ana, a fictional character in the Myst games
• Anna Kyōyama, a fictional character that appeared in Butsu Zone, Itako no Anna, and Shaman King

In addition, the word "Anna" can refer to the following:

• Anna or Arabana tribe Australian Aborigines
• Anna, a 1987 film
• Anna dog, the only animal with a portrait at Johns Hopkins University
• Anna, an Indian coin issued in 1910.
• Anna, Illinois
• Anna, Ohio
• Anna, Texas
• Anna potatoes

There is also:

• Ann, a lunar crater
• Ann Township, Minnesota