Anne

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Ann in US United States, PH Philippines, SE Sweden.

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)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

How Anne is read●(measured from records)

Anne is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English67%

  from Ann (Hants); first attested Ralph de Anne 1200 P (Ha)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

  2. habitation name from Ann in Hants, which is so called from an old stream name, probably a Brit. cogn. of W on ash tree. Sir William de Anne, constable of Tickhill Castle in S Yorks, in 1315, was the ancestor of several landed and titled families, including the Annes of Burghwallis, the Charltons of Great Canfield, and the Barons Heneage.

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• French13%

  French form of Anna, from Hebrew Hannah 'grace, favor'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  Du hébreu Hannah, « grâce » ; fête le 26 juillet, sainte Anne, mère de la Vierge Marie.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  Du hébreu Hannah, « grâce »; sainte Anne, mère de la Vierge, fêtée le 26 juillet.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  De l’hébreu Hannah « grâce »; sainte Anne, invoquée pour la guérison.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Anne is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name7 spellings in the group

  Also written Ånne, Annē, Ánne, Anné, Änne

• Finnish given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Sweden, Philippines

  Also written Ánne, Änne, Ãnne, Annê, Anné

• Swahili given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Anné

• Indonesian given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

  Also written 'Anne, Anné, Ännë, Änne, Annè

• a separate given name17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Norway, Canada

  Also written Ánne, Anné, Ånnë, Ånne, Åńnē

• Italian given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, San Marino

  Also written Annè, Anné, Anne', Ännë, Ànne

• Greek given name19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Ann, Αν, Ahn, Añ, An

• Thai given name35 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Philippines, Laos

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Ann, Anna, แอนนา, Aenna, แอนน่า

108 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Anne of Denmarkb. 1574GBQueen consort of James VI of Scots, I of England (1574-1619)
• Anne Hydeb. 1637GBEnglish Royal
• Anne of Great Britainb. 1665GBQueen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 (1665–1714)
• Anne Bancroftb. 1931USAmerican actress (1931–2005)
• Anne, Princess Royalb. 1950GBdaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• Isabelle Huppertb. 1953FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress (born 1953)
• Marine Le Penb. 1968FRnot in their usual nameFrench politician (born 1968)
• Jennifer Garnerb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Zara Tindallb. 1981GBnot in their usual nameBritish Olympic equestrian; daughter of Anne, Princess Royal
• Vanessa Hudgensb. 1988USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and singer (born 1988)

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)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Anne come from?

French form of Anna, from Hebrew Hannah 'grace, favor'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).

What are other forms of the name Anne?

In the etymology graph, Ana, Ann and Nancy are forms of the same name in other languages; Annie, Nanette and Nannie are recorded short or pet forms.

Is Anne a male or female name?

Anne 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.

What does the name Anne mean?

In English, from Ann (Hants); first attested Ralph de Anne 1200 P (Ha)

How common is the name Anne?

In Norway, the national register counted 55,625 people named Anne in 2025, about 1 in 98 residents.

How common is Anne compared with other names?

In Brazil, Anne is the 395th most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.

In which country does Anne 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 Anne most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Anne is densest in Norway — about 1 in 98 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.