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In all the world, Ané (Ané , Ане ) is a rare gender-neutral forename. The first name Ané is characteristic of Bulgaria, where it is a rare masculine name, South Africa, where it is a rare feminine name, and Kyrgyzstan. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in South Africa, Bulgaria, and Russia. Likewise, Ané is the last name as well as the forename.
Ané is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Saint Anne , the mother of Virgin Mary in Christian and Islamic traditions; unnamed in the New Testament or Quran; Kitty Pryde , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, X-Men; Milady de Winter , the character from Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers; Anna , the biblical figure mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, Presentation of Jesus at the Temple and Anne Shirley , the fictional girl and woman, protagonist of the eponymous series, introduced 1908, Anne of Green Gables, and in many other works.