Name profile

Anne

feminine

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Anne is the French form of Anna, itself derived via Greek and Latin from the Hebrew name Hannah, built on the root ḥanan meaning "he was gracious" or "he showed favor."

Why it works

English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Uncommon — #619 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Anne means Grace or favor, from the Hebrew root ḥanan ("he was gracious, he showed favor"), the same root behind Hannah and Anna.

Anne is a long-established Western European name used across French, English, Scandinavian (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), Finnish, Estonian, German, Dutch, and Basque traditions; it was imported into England in the 13th century but did not become widely popular there until roughly three centuries later.

Documented origin: Anne is the French form of Anna, itself derived via Greek and Latin from the Hebrew name Hannah, built on the root ḥanan meaning "he was gracious" or "he showed favor."

Documented as a variant or related form of another name.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

EnglishAN — US Englishresearched pronunciation

TurkishEnglish reading conventions often soften or drop a trailing "-e"; Turkish is pronounced letter-by-letter, so Turkish speakers are likely to voice that final syllable clearly where English speakers may not.deterministic phonetic analysis

GermanEnglish reading conventions often soften or drop a trailing "-e"; German is pronounced letter-by-letter, so German speakers are likely to voice that final syllable clearly where English speakers may not.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

French: an

Swedish: AH-neh

Popularity without panic

Uncommon — #619 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.

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Real-world considerations

Spelling note: Ann.

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