Anne
/æn/noun
A female given name, the French and English form of Anna.
Did you know?Anne ultimately comes from Hebrew ḥannāh, the same root behind Hannah, meaning “favor” or “grace,” and it spread through Greek and Latin into countless European names.
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
ḥannāh
“favor; grace”
Ancient Greek
Greek
Ἄννα
“Anna, the Greek form of the name”
Latin
Latin
Anna
“Anna, used in Christian tradition”
Old French
Old French
Anne
“the female given name”
Modern English
English
Anne
“a female given name”