Anne

Anne
	Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Gender	Female
Language(s)	English, French
Origin
Meaning	Favored, grace
Other names
See also	Anna, Ana, Annie, Nancy, Ninon (French)

Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'.^[1] Related names include Annie.

Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.^[2] It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton).

Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: All pages with titles beginning with Anne.

As a feminine name edit

Anne edit

Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary
Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) and Great Britain (1707–14)
Queens consort, in alphabetical order:
- Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462)
- Anne Neville (1456–1485), wife of King Richard III of England
- Anne of Brittany (1477–1514), Breton ruler, wife of both Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France
- Anne Boleyn (c. 1501/1507–1536), second wife of King Henry VIII of England
- Anne of Cleves (1515–1557), fourth wife of King Henry VIII
- Anne of Denmark (1574–1619), wife of King James VI and I of Scotland, England, and Ireland,
- Anne of Austria (1601–1666), wife of Louis XIII of France, Regent of France
- Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575–1612), wife of King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
- Anne Marie d'Orléans (1669–1728), wife of King Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
- Anne of Romania (1923–2016), wife of King Michael I of Romania
- Anne-Marie of Greece (born 1948), Queen of Greece, wife of King Constantine II
Princess Anne (disambiguation), including:
- Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532–1585), Danish princess from the House of Oldenburg
- Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709–1759), daughter of King George II, wife of William IV, Prince of Orange
- Anne of Orléans (1906–1986), Princess of France
- Anne of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 1938), wife of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria
- Anne, Princess Royal (born 1950), daughter of Queen Elizabeth II
Anne Aallonen (born 1967), Finnish-born Hong Kong professional tennis player
Anne Abayasekara (1925–2015), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist
Anne Applebaum (born 1964), American journalist
Anne Archer (born 1947), American actress
Anne Askew (1521–1546), English writer, poet, and Protestant martyr
Anne Bancroft (1931–2005), American actress
Anne Bailey Colombo (born 1997), American soccer player
Anne Baxter (1923–1985), American actress
Anne Lilia Berge Strand (born 1977), Norwegian singer-songwriter, known as "Annie"
Anne Berthelot (born 1957), French professor of Medieval literature studies
Anne-Grethe Leine Bientie (born 1954), Norwegian writer and psalmist
Anne Bonny (1702–1782?), Irish pirate
Anne Bosworth (1868–1907), American mathematician
Anne Bourg (born 1987), Luxembourgish footballer
Anne Bourguignon (1950–2019), French actress, filmmaker and political activist known as Anémone
Anne Bourlioux, Canadian mathematician and indoor rower
Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672), America's first published poet
Anne Brontë (1820–1849), British novelist and poet
Anne Isabella Byron, Baroness Byron (1792–1860), British peer, wife of Lord Byron
Anne Byrn (born 1956), American cookbook author
Anne Carson (born 1950), Canadian poet, essayist, and translator
Anne Chislett (born 1942), Canadian playwright
Anne Cox Chambers (1919–2020), American media proprietor and billionaire
Anne V. Coates (1925–2018), British film editor
Anne Consigny (born 1963), French actress
Anne Conway (disambiguation), several people
Anne Haney Cross (born 1956), American neurologist and neuroimmunologist
Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918), American writer
Anne Curtis (born 1985), Filipina actress and host
Anne Dacier (1654–1720), French scholar and translator of the classics
Anne Seymour Damer (1749–1828), English sculptor
Anne Daw, Australian environmental activist
Anne DeGrace, Canadian fiction writer and illustrator
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (born 1960), Belgian choreographer
Anne Desclos (1907–1998), French journalist and novelist
Anne Diamond (born 1954), British journalist and broadcaster
Anne Distel (born 1947), French curator and art critic
Anne Donovan (born 1961), American basketball player and coach
Anne Dudek (born 1975), American actress
Anne Dudley (born 1956), English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician
Anne Émond (born 1982), Canadian film director and screenwriter
Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824), German nun, mystic and stigmatic
Anne Fletcher (born 1966), American choreographer and film director
Anne Stella Fomumbod, Cameroonian women's rights activist
Anne Fontaine (born 1959), French film director, screenwriter, and actress
Anne Francine (1917–1999), American actress and cabaret singer
Anne Francis (1930–2011), American actress
Anne Frank (1929–1945), German-Dutch diarist and Holocaust victim
Anne Geddes (born 1956), Australian photographer and businesswoman
Anne Golon (1921–2017), French author
Anne P. Graham, American politician
Anne Grant (1755–1838), Scottish poet, author
Anne Griffin (writer) (fl 2013 –), Irish short story writer and novelist
Anne Haney (1934–2001), American actress
Anne Hathaway (1556–1623), wife of William Shakespeare
Anne Hathaway (born 1982), American actress
Anne Hébert (1916–2000), Canadian author and poet
Anne Heche (1969–2022), American actress
Anne Hegerty (born 1958), English quizzer and television personality
Anne Heggtveit (born 1939), Canadian alpine skier
Anne Henning (born 1955), American speed skater
Anne Hidalgo (born 1959), French politician, Mayor of Paris
Anne Grete Holmsgaard (born 1948), Danish energy expert and politician
Anne Holt (born 1958), Norwegian author, lawyer and former Minister of Justice
Anne Hugon (born 1965), French historian and Africanist
Anne Hutchinson (1591–1643), American religious dissenter
Anne Hyde (1637–1671), Duchess of York
Anne Jackson (1925–2016), American actress
Anne Jeffreys (1923–2017), American actress and singer
Anne Judkins (born 1964), New Zealand race walker
Anne Keothavong (born 1983), British tennis player
Anne Kirkbride (1954–2015), English soap actress
Anne Kremer (born 1975), Luxembourgish tennis player
Anne Osborn Krueger (born 1934), American economist, deputy director of the IMF
Anne L'Huillier (born 1958), French-Swedish physicist
Anne Louhelainen (born 1965), Finnish politician
Anne Margiste (born 1942), Estonian actress
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001), American author and aviator
Anne Birgitte Lundholt (born 1952), Danish politician and businessperson
Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011), American-born Irish science fiction and fantasy writer
Anne Hazen McFarland (1868–1930), American physician, editor
Anne Meara (1929–2005), American actress and comedian
Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627–1693), French memoirist
Anne Shannon Monroe (1873–1942), American writer
Anne Murray (born 1945), Canadian singer
Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 1963), German violinist
Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker (1766–1817), French writer and philosopher, known as Madame de Staël
Anne Sofie von Otter (born 1955), Swedish mezzo-soprano
Anne Parillaud (born 1960), French actress
Anne Peichert (born 1996), French singer, songwriter and actress, known as Louane Emera
Anne Perry (1938–2023), English author
Anne C. Perry, American politician
Anne Peyroche, French biologist and geneticist
Anne Provoost (born 1964), Flemish author
Anne Quemere (born 1966), French sailor
Anne Ramsey (1929–1988), American actress
Anne Reid (born 1935), English actress
Anne Revere (1903–1990), American actress
Anne Rice (1941–2021), American author
Anne Royall (1769–1854), American journalist
Anne Schedeen (born 1949), American television actress
Anne Schilling, American mathematician
Anne Sexton (1928–1974), American poet
Anne Shirley (1918–1993), American actress
Anne Simpson, Canadian poet
Anne Smith (disambiguation), several people
Anne Steele (1717–1778), English hymnwriter, essayist
Anne Sullivan (1866–1936), American teacher and companion of Helen Keller
Anne Sweeney (born 1957), American businesswoman, co-chair of Disney Media
Lady Anne Tree (1927–2010), British philanthropist and prison visitor
Anne Thorius (born 1977), Danish basketballer
Anne Tyler (born 1941), American writer and literary critic
Anne Veski (born 1956), Estonian pop singer
Anne Watanabe 渡辺杏 (Anne/杏) (born 1986), Japanese model and actress, known as "Anne"
Anne Winters (actress) (born 1994), American actress
Anne Wizorek (born 1981), German journalist, author and feminist
Anne Wood (singer) (1907–1998), British mezzo-soprano and opera administrator
Anne Wood (born 1937), English children's television producer
Anne Wolden-Ræthinge (1929–2016), Danish biographer, journalist and writer
Anne Woolliams (1926–1999), English artistic director, ballet choreographer, dancer and teacher

Ann edit

Ann (singer) (born 1991), Taiwanese singer-songwriter
Ann Bancroft (born 1955), American author, teacher, adventurer and public speaker
Ann Beddingfield (1742–1763), English murderer
Ann Bollin (born 1960), American politician
Ann Brashares (born 1967), American YA author
Ann Cashion, American chef
Ann R. Chaintreuil (born 1947), American architect
Ann Mary Butler Crittenden Coleman (1813–1891), American author, translator
Ann Curry (born 1956), American journalist
Ann Donahue, television writer
Ann Druyan (born 1949), American writer and producer
Ann Dunham (1942–1995), American anthropologist
Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1625–1680), English memoirist and cookery author
Ann Flagg (1924–1970), African-American playwright, stage actress and drama teacher
Ann Flora Froude Flashman (1911–1961), Australian veterinarian
Ann Getty (1941–2020), American philanthropist
Ann Gillen, American artist
Ann James (born 1952), Australian artist
Ann James (artist) (1925–2011), English-born Canadian artist and educator
Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789–1826), American foreign missionary
Ann E. Kelley (1954–2007), American neuroscientist
Ann Kenrick (born 1958), British charity worker
Ann Lambert (born 1957), Canadian author and playwright
Ann Lamont, American venture capitalist
Ann Landers (1918–2002), pen name of American advice columnist Ruth Crowley and later, Esther Pauline Lederer
Ann Lee (1736–1784), English church leader
Ann Lewis Hamilton, American television producer and writer
Ann Linde (born 1961), Swedish politician, government minister from 2016 to 2022
Ann-Margret (born 1941), Swedish-American actress, singer and dancer
Ann Marks (1941–2016), British physicist and science communicator
Ann M. Martin (born 1955), American children's author, known best for the Baby-sitters Club series
Ann Matlack, American politician
Ann McCrory (born 1956), First Lady of North Carolina
Ann Miller (1923–2004), American dancer, singer and actress
Ann Watt Milne (1856 - no earlier than 1928), Scottish social reformer, temperance leader
Ann Mitchell (born 1939), British stage and television actress
Ann Nardulli (1948–2018), American endocrinologist
Ann Petry (1908–1997), American author and journalist
Ann Putnam Jr. (1679–1716), witness at the Salem Witch Trials
Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823), English author and pioneer of the Gothic subgenre
Ann Reinking (1949–2020), American actor, dancer, and choreographer
Ann Richards (1933–2006), American politician
Ann Romney (born 1949), wife of American businessman and politician, Mitt Romney
Ann E. Rondeau, American Navy admiral
Ann Rule (1931–2015), American author
Ann Sarnoff (born c. 1962), American businesswoman
Ann London Scott (1929–1975), American feminist
Ann Smith (activist) (fl. 1682–1686), English political activist
Ann Eliza Smith (1819–1905), American author
Ann Sothern (1909–2001), American actress
Ann Sullivan (animator) (1929–2020), American animator
Ann Syrdal (1945–2020), American psychologist and researcher
Ann Tahincioğlu (born 1956), Turkey's first female car racing driver
Ann Ter-Pogossian (1932–2022), American artist
Ann Thongprasom (born 1976), Thai film and television actress, host and producer
Ann Widdecombe (born 1947), British politician, author and television personality
Ann Wilson (born 1950), American musician
Ann Winsborn (born 1981), Swedish singer-songwriter

As a masculine name edit

Anna of East Anglia (died 653/54), king of East Anglia
Anne Bignan (1795–1861), French poet and translator
Anne van der Bijl (1928–2022), Dutch Christian missionary
Anne Casimir Pyrame de Candolle (1836–1918), Swiss botanist
Anne Claude de Caylus (1692–1765), French antiquarian and proto-archaeologist
Anne Danican Philidor (1681–1728), French musician, composer, founder, Concert Spirituel Tuileries
Anne Hamilton (1709–1748), Scottish nobleman
Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell (1783–1864), French admiral
Anne du Bourg (1521–1559), French magistrate
Anne d'Escars de Givry (1546–1612), French Benedictine cardinal
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767–1824), French Romantic painter
Anne de Joyeuse (c.1560–1587), French admiral during the French Wars of Religion
Anne Louis Henri de La Fare (1752–1829), French Roman Catholic cardinal and counter-revolutionary
Anne de Montmorency (1493–1567), constable of France, soldier, statesman, and diplomat
Anne Mulder (born 1969), Dutch politician
Anne de Noailles (d. 1678), first Duke of Noailles
Anne Poulett (1711–1785), British Member of Parliament
Anne Jean Marie René Savary (1774–1833), French general and diplomat
Anne Hilarion de Tourville (1642–1701), French naval commander, Marshal of France
Anne Sjerp Troelstra (1939–2019), Dutch mathematician and logician
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727–1781), French economist and statesman
Anne Vermeer (1916–2018), Dutch politician
Anne Vondeling (1916–1979), Dutch politician
Anne de Vries (1904–1964), Dutch writer from Drenthe

Fictional characters edit

Ann, in the Story of Seasons video game franchise
Ann, a hunter in the video game Identity V
Anne Boonchuy, from the American animated TV series Amphibia
Anne Brookes, on the American TV sitcom The Ropers
Ann Darrow, in the films King Kong (1933) and King Kong (2005)
Anne Elliot, in Jane Austen's Persuasion
Anne Garland, in Thomas Hardy's The Trumpet-Major
Anne Glass, in the American TV series Falling Skies
Anne Kirrin, the youngest of the four cousins in Enid Blyton's The Famous Five novels
Anne Lester, a survivor in the video game Identity V
Anne Lewis, in the Robocop franchise
Anne Maria, from the Canadian animated TV series Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
Anne Page, from William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor
Ann Perkins, from the American television series Parks and Recreation
Ann Possible, character in the animated series Kim Possible
Anne Shirley, in Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables
Ann Takamaki, one of the main characters from video game Persona 5
Raggedy Ann, rag doll in Johnny Gruelle's books, 1918 onwards
Rebecca Anne "Annie" January, one of the main characters in The Boys franchise

References edit

^ "Anne". A Dictionary of First Names. Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges. Oxford University Press, 2006. Oxford Reference Online. University of Hull. 1 April 2010 Oxfordreference.com
^ See entry on "Anne" in the Behind the Name database and the "Anne" and "Ane" entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018).

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[1] "Anne". A Dictionary of First Names. Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges. Oxford University Press, 2006. Oxford Reference Online. University of Hull. 1 April 2010 Oxfordreference.com

[2] See entry on "Anne" in the Behind the Name database and the "Anne" and "Ane" entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018).

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