Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the Greek: Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah (Hebrew: חַנָּה, romanized: Ḥannāh), meaning "favour" or "grace" or "beautiful".
Anna has also been mashed up or combined with other names, either with Anna/Ana at the beginning (Anabel/Anabelle/Annabelle, Annalee/Annaleigh, Ana Maria/Annemarie) or at the end (Julianna/Julianne, Mariana/Marianne/Maryanne, Pollyanna/Pollyanne, Rosanna/Roseanne). More classic, traditionally feminine names: Clara.
Annie, born Annie Bennett in the theatrical adaptations and later known as Annie Bennett Warbucks, or Annie Bennett Stacks is the protagonist of the comics, the Broadway musical, and the films of the same name. She is a spunky, optimistic, energetic eleven-year old (10 in the 1982 film) orphan girl.
The name Annie is girl's name of English origin meaning "grace".
Annie's Homegrown (or simply Annie's) is an American organic food company owned by General Mills. The company was founded in Hampton, Connecticut by Annie Withey and Andrew Martin, who had previously founded Smartfood popcorn along with Ken Meyers.
Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Ana, Anne, originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for hundreds of years, and Ann, which was originally the English spelling.
What is the name Nancy short for? Nancy was a nickname for Anne, Ann, or Ancy. People started using it as a given name in the early 18th century.
Nina can also serve as a short form of Anna.
Nicknames of the name Elena are Lena, Lennie, Ella, Ellie, Nellie, or Nena (less common). Elena. Gender. Female.
Anna is a girl's name with Hebrew origins meaning “he [God] has favored me.” This name has been embraced by Christians for many decades for its association with the Virgin Mary's mother, Saint Anna.
Anya (Аня) is a Russian diminutive of Anna.
Annabelle is a feminine given name of French origin, a combination of the Latin name Anna, which comes from the Hebrew word for grace, and the French word belle, meaning beauty.
Meaning of Billie
Can be given as a name on its own, as a feminine version of the male name Billy, or as a nickname for Wilhelmina, Willow or Willa.
Betty is a feminine name with Hebrew and English origins that works beautifully as either a full name or nickname. A shortened form of Elizabeth this name means “oath of God,” and makes for a wonderful way for you and baby to celebrate your faith.
Áine (meaning "brightness" or "radiance") is accepted as Anna and Anne (Áine was the name of an Irish Celtic goddess).
An anna (or ānna) was a currency unit formerly used in British India, equal to 1⁄16 of a rupee. It was subdivided into four (old) Paisa or twelve pies (thus there were 192 pies in a rupee). When the rupee was decimalised and subdivided into 100 (new) paise, one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise.
Peggy from Margaret
Over the years, Maggie morphed into Meggie and Meg, likely because of accents changing the vowel sound. That continued to transform into the Peggy and Peg we know today, based simply on a trend of creating nicknames that rhyme. It's the same reason we have Bill from William.
It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Variant forms of Johnny include Johnnie, Johnney, Johnni and Johni.
Feminine variations include Wilhelmina, Wilma, and Billie.
According to Victorian-era.org, when naming girls, Victorian parents often chose multiple first names, such as Mary Anna or Ellen May, as well as having names that reflected traits and characteristics that they wished for their daughters to emulate, such as Patience or Prudence.
It may come from 可憐 ("pretty, lovely"), 華蓮 (combining kanji meaning "flower" and "lotus or water lily") or other meanings.
Ганна (Hanna [ˈɦɑnːɐ] ( listen)), Анна (Anna [ˈɑnːɐ]), equivalent to Anne, of Hebrew origin. Дарина (Daryna [dɐˈrɪnɐ]), of Slavic origin.
Anja is the Finnish/Russian version of Anna or Ann, making it a great alternative to this common English name.