Ánna
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ánna is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country, where it is the 5th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ).
- SESweden1 in 34(measured from records)
- PLPoland1 in 36
- CZCzechia1 in 40
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ánna itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- #9 (measured from records)
- 9 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 622 (measured from records)
- 1 in 34 (inferred from the name graph)
3,948,650 named Ana, 2022
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Anna in US United States, PL Poland, SE Sweden and 1 more, Ana in BR Brazil, SV El Salvador, PT Portugal, Анна in RU Russia and Ганна in UA Ukraine.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- LatinAnna(measured from records)
- Ancient GreekἌνναÁnna(measured from records)
- Biblical HebrewחַנָּהḤannâ(measured from records)
From Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ).
Cited for this meaning 13
- A concise dictionary of first names
- African Names
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Dizionario dei cognomi italiani
- Russian Names
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Ánna counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #5 | 3,948,650as Ana | 1 in 54 | 3.9M | Ana | 287 |
| RU Russia | #15 | ≈2,500,000 est. | ≈1 in 56 | register #5 | Анна | 302 |
| PL Poland | #1 | 1,063,756 | 1 in 36 | 1.1M | Anna | 282 |
| UA Ukraine | #10 | ≈910,000 est. | ≈1 in 48 | listed | Ганна | 162 |
| US United States | #75 | 512,954 | 1 in 648 | 512K | Anna | 622 |
| SE Sweden | #2 | 302,994 | 1 in 34 | 303K | Anna | 212 |
| CZ Czechia | #15 | 269,638 | 1 in 40 | 270K | Anna | 170 |
| PT Portugal | #2 | ≈240,000 est. | ≈1 in 42 | 622 | Ana | 240 |
| SV El Salvador | #10 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 36 | — | Ana | 108 |
3,948,650 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); MVČR — living population register 2017; IRN — Nomes próprios mais frequentes (2017–2023). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Ánna is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In amf, alternative form of cʼan (“always”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Faroese, accusative singular definite of á
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Icelandic, definite genitive plural of á
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Anna Dalassenab. 1030TRByzantine noble (1030-1102), mother of the emperor Alexios I Komnenos
- Anna Comnenab. 1083TRByzantine princess and historian
- Anna Mantzouranib. 1935GRGreek actress
- Anna Fonsoub. 1939GRGreek actress
- Anna Vayenab. 1947GRGreek actress and politician
- Anna Vissib. 1957CYGreek Cypriot singer
- Anna Maria Papaharalambousb. 1974GRGreek actress
- Anna Vasofb. 1985GRGreek media artist
- Anna Rezanb. 1992GRGreek actress and musician
- Anna Korakakib. 1996GRGreek shooter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ánna mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and African Names and 11 other sources.
- Is Ánna a male or female name?
- Ánna is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Ánna have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 3.9 million people named Ana, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Ánna most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ánna is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 34 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Ánna?
- In Poland, the national register counted 1,063,756 people named Ánna in 2026, about 1 in 36 residents.
- How common is Ánna compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Ánna is the 5th most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%C3%A1nnaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ánna” — the 5th most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.