Anne
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| Anne | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Language(s) | English, French |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Favored, Grace |
| Other names | |
| See also | Anna, Ann, Ana |
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Anne, alternatively spelled Ane or Ann is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah or Hanani, meaning 'He [= God] has favoured me', the name of the mother of the prophet Samuel.[1] Anne is a common name in France.
It is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands (for example Anne de Vries). It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton)
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[edit] Notable people named Anne
- Anne Bancroft, American actress (1931-2005)
- Anne Baxter, American actress (1923-1985)
- Anne Boleyn, Queen consort and second wife of King Henry VIII of England (c. 1501/1507 - 1536)
- Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612-1672), America's first published poet
- Anne Brontë (1820-1849), British novelist and poet
- Anne de Montmorency (1493-1567), constable of France, soldier, statesman, and diplomat
- Anne de Noailles (d. 1678), first Duke of Noailles
- Anne de Vries (1904–1964), Dutch writer from Drenthe
- Lord Anne Douglas-Hamilton (1709-1748), Scottish nobleman
- Anne, Duchess of Luxembourg (1432-1462)
- Anne Francis (1930-2011), American actress
- Anne Frank (1929-1945), Jewish-German diarist
- Anne Hathaway
- Anne Hathaway (actress) (born 1982), American actress
- Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare) (1556-1623), wife of William Shakespeare
- Anne Hutchinson, American religious dissenter (1591-1643)
- Anne Hyde, Duchess of York
- Anne Judkins (born 1964), New Zealand race walker
- Anne Keothavong (1866-1936), British tennis player
- Anne Kornblut, author of Notes from the Cracked Ceiling
- Anne Kremer (born 1975), Luxembourgish tennis player
- Anne Meara, American actress and comedian (1929- )
- Anne Murray, Canadian singer (1945- )
- Anne of Austria, Queen consort of France
- Anne of Brittany (1488-1514), Breton ruler, Queen consort of France
- Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of King Henry VIII
- Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665-1714), Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland; after 1707 Queen of Great Britain
- Anne Provoost, Flemish author
- Anne Rice, American author
- Anne Veski (born 1956), Estonian pop singer
- Anne Vondeling, Dutch politician
- Princess Anne, the name and title of several individuals
- Anne, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II
- Watanabe Anne 渡辺杏 (Anne/杏), Japanese model/actress
- Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary
[edit] Notable people named Ann
- Ann Alexander Smith
- Ann Bancroft
- Ann Bonny
- Ann Brashares
- Ann Donahue
- Ann Druyan
- Ann Dunham
- Ann-Margret
- Ann Radcliffe
- Ann Sothern
- Ann Wilson
- Julia Ann
- Keren Ann
- LeAnn Rimes
[edit] Name used in Fiction
- Raggedy Ann
- Ann Darrow from the King Kong motion pictures (1933 and 2005)
- Anne Page from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables
- Anne Elliot from Jane Austen's Persuasion (novel)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Anne" A Dictionary of First Names. Patrick Wanks, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges. Oxford University Press, 2006. Oxford Reference Online. University of Hull. 1 April 2010 Oxfordreference.com
