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{{also|anne|anné|Ánne|annë|Änne|án-ne}}
==English==

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|en|fr|Anne||[[Ann]]}}, from {{der|en|LL.|Anna}} chiefly in reference to {{w|St Anne}} the apocryphal mother of [[Mary]] mother of [[Jesus]] but appearing in the [[Vulgate]] in reference to {{w|Anna the Prophetess}}, from {{der|en|grc-koi|Ἄννα}} in the [[New Testament]], from {{der|en|he|חַנָּה||[[Hannah]]|tr=Ḥanâ}}, from {{m|he|חַנָּה||[[grace]], [[gracious]], [[graced]] with [[child]]|tr=ḥanâ}}. Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from {{bor|en|et|-}} abbreviation of {{m|et|Anna}} instead. {{doublet|en|Ann|Ana|Anna|Hannah}}. Compare {{m|en|John}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/æn/|a=RP,GA}}
* {{IPA|en|/eən/|a=æ-tensing}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-Anne.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|æn|s=1}}

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun|Annes}}

# {{given name|en|female|from=French}}.
#* '''1380s-1390s''', [[w:Geoffrey Chaucer|Geoffrey Chaucer]], ''[[s:The Canterbury Tales (unsourced)/The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale|The Canterbury Tales: The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale]]'':
#*: Immortal God, that savedest Susanne / From false blame; and thou merciful maid, / Mary I mean, the daughter to Saint '''Anne''', /Before whose child the angels sing Osanne,
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1860|author=Mrs Henry Wood (Ellen Wood)|title=East Lynne|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|year_published=2004|isbn=0192804626|page=29
|passage="What do you think they are going to name the baby? '''Anne'''; after her and her mamma. So very ugly a name!"<br>"I don't think so," said Mr Carlyle. "It is simple and unpretending. I like it much. Look at the long, pretentious names in our family - Archibald! Cornelia! And yours, too - Barbara! What a mouthful they all are!"}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1908|author=Lucy Maud Montgomery|title=Anne of the Green Gables
|passage="But if you call me '''Anne''' please call me '''Anne''' spelled with an e."<br>"What difference does it make how it's spelled?" asked Marilla with another rusty smile as she picked up the teapot.<br>"Oh, it makes ''such'' a difference. It ''looks'' so much nicer. When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can, and A-n-n looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished."}}

=====Usage notes=====
* The popularity of the name originates in the medieval cult of Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the [[Virgin Mary]].

=====Derived terms=====
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* {{l|en|Annie}} {{q|diminutive}}
* {{l|en|Anne Arundel County}}
* {{l|en|Joanne}}
* {{l|en|Lac Ste. Anne}}
* {{l|en|Lytham St Annes}}
* {{l|en|Princess Anne}} {{q|places}}
* {{l|en|Queen Anne's County}}
* {{l|en|Royal Anne}}
* {{l|en|St Anne's}}
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=====Related terms=====
{{rel4|en|Ana|Anna|Hannah|Anissa|Keanna|Annabelle|Annabel|Annetta|Annette|Anika|Anneliese|Nancy|Anita|Nanette|Nanny|Nannie|Nan}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|given name|Ann}}

{{cln|en|female given names from Hebrew}}

===Etymology 2===
A shortened form of any of various Germanic masculine names which began with ''arn'' (''eagle''), such as [[Arnold]].

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{lb|en|very|rare}} {{given name|en|male|from=Germanic languages|usage=mainly French and Frisian}}, see {{w|Anne Robert Jacques Turgot}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aenn|Enna}}

{{cln|en|unisex given names}}

==Danish==

===Etymology===
Medieval Danish variant of {{m|da|Anna}}.

===Proper noun===
{{head|da|proper noun|g=c}}

# {{given name|da|female}}

====Usage notes====
* A popular first part of compound names such as Anne-[[Lise]] and Anne-[[Marie]].

===References===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20220514043141/https://danskernesnavne.navneforskning.ku.dk/ ] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 59 278 females with the given name Anne have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˈɑ.nə/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-Anne.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|An|ne}}
* {{rhymes|nl|ɑnə}}

===Etymology 1===
Variant of {{m|nl|Anna}}.

====Proper noun====
{{nl-proper noun|f}}

# {{given name|nl|eq=[[Ann]], [[Anne]]|female}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|nl|Anneke}}
* {{l|nl|Annelies}}
* {{l|nl|Annemieke}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|fy|Anne}}, variant of {{m|fy|Ane}}.

====Proper noun====
{{nl-proper noun|m}}

# {{lb|nl|Netherlands|chiefly in the province of Frisia}} {{given name|nl|male}}
#* {{quote-book|nl|year=2004|author=Matthijs de Ridder|chapter=Tenzij de Dirk Martensprijs ook wel eens voor de lol wordt toegekend. De grote reis van Marc Andries 1960-1968|editors=Yves T'Sjoen; Ludo Stynen|title=Onderstroom. De vergankelijkheid van het schrijverschap. Verkenningen van de Vlaamse literatuur buiten beeld (1952-1968)|page=124
|passage='''Anne''' Wadman toonde zich in de ''Leeuwarder Courant'' nog enthousiaster.}}
#* {{quote-text|nl|year=2013|author=Matthijs van der Ven|title=Onder invloed. Nederlandse muzikanten over hun inspiratiebronnen
|passage=De autorit naar het huiskamerconcert vanDoTheUndo in Den Haag is nog maar nauwelijks begonnen maar de prioriteiten van '''Anne''' Soldaat en toetsenist Matthijs van Duijvenbode zijn al duidelijk: muziek en drop.}}
#* {{quote-text|nl|year=2015|author=Ad de Bruijne|chapter=Samen één offer voor God|editors=James Kennedy; Pieter Vos|title=Oefenen in discipelschap. De gemeente als groeiplaats van het goede leven
|passage=Zo is van de voorman van de stichting Open Doors, '''Anne''' van der Bijl, bekend dat hij niet alleen het goede zoekt voor zijn vervolgde medechristenen, maar ook voor anderen, zelfs voor vijanden van de kerk, tot en met terroristen toe.}}

==Estonian==

===Proper noun===
{{head|et|proper noun}}

# {{given name|et|female|var=Anna}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
A 20th-century variant of {{m|fi|Anna}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-pronunciation}}

===Proper noun===
{{fi-proper noun}}

# {{given name|fi|female}}
#* {{quote-text|fi|year=1964|author=w:Kalle Päätalo|title=Ennen ruskaa|page=262|publisher=Gummerus
|passage=—Vaikka toisaalta Maarit kuulostaa romanttiselta...Kyllä me sittenkin tehdään tytöstä Maarit '''Anne'''. Se on erikoista...Katsohan vain, niin malttavatko tuttavien rouvat olla, etteivät laita samaa nimeä muksuilleen.
|t=—Even though Maarit does sound romantic...we will after all name her Maarit '''Anne'''. It's special...just see whether the women we know can hold themselves back to not give the same name to their kids.}}
#* {{quote-book|fi|year=1989|author=Kaija Lähdesmäki|title=SOS — Kuka auttaisi Piaa?|publisher=WSOY|isbn=951-0-15564-0|page=20
|passage='''Anne''' syntyi. Nimeksi valittiin '''Anne''', koska se on sekä englantilainen että suomalainen nimi.
|t='''Anne''' was born. And her name was '''Anne''', because it is both an English and Finnish name.}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-nalle|Ann|||a}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|fi|title=compounds
|Anne-Mari
|Anne-Maria
|Suvi-Anne
}}

====Statistics====
* {{fi-stats-given-name|dvv_20230203|f=30204|fx=4608|ford=1}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|fi|a=aenn|Enna}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Amqui-Petite rivière Sainte-Anne.wav}}

===Proper noun===
{{fr-proper noun|f}}

# {{given name|fr|female|eq=Ann}}
# {{given name|fr|unisex|}}
# [[Hannah]] {{gloss|biblical figure}}
# [[Anna]], the prophetess {{gloss|biblical figure}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|fr|Anaïs}}, {{l|fr|Anita}}, {{l|fr|Anna}}, {{l|fr|Annette}}, {{l|fr|Annick}}, {{l|fr|Annie}}
* popular double names: {{l|fr|Anne-Laure}}, {{l|fr|Anne-Marie}}, {{l|fr|Anne-Sophie}}, [[Audrey-Anne]], [[Anne-Andrée]], [[Marie-Anne]], [[Andrée-Anne]], [[Anne-Caroline]], [[Anne-Catherine]], etc.

{{C|fr|Biblical characters|Individuals}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/ˈanə/|[ˈʔa.nə]}}
* {{audio|de|De-Anne.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|de|anə|s=2}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|de|gmh|Anne}}, from {{der|de|la|Anna}}. Possibly reinforced by {{der|de|fr|Anne}}.

====Proper noun====
{{head|de|proper noun|g=f|genitive|Annes|or|Anne|f2qual=with an article}}
<!-- Female names inflect in exactly the same way as male ones. Templates don't work properly. -->

# {{given name|de|female|var=Anna}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|de|Anneliese}}
* {{l|de|Annemarie}}, {{l|de|Annemie}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|de|nds|-}}. Clipping of {{m|de|Andreas}}.

====Proper noun====
{{de-proper noun|m,s:-[with an article]}}

# {{lb|de|northern Germany}} {{given name|de|male|usage=rare}}

==Indonesian==

===Etymology===
Pronunciations with final schwa are reinforced by {{der|id|nl|Anne}}. Ultimately from {{bor|id|fr|Anne}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|id|/ˈanə/|/ˈenə/|/ˈɛn/}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|id|proper noun}}

# {{given name|id|female|from=French}}

==Norman==

===Proper noun===
{{nrf-proper noun|f}}

# {{given name|nrf|female}}

==Norwegian==

===Etymology===
Norwegian variant of {{m|no|Anna}}, first recorded in Norway in the 15th century.

===Proper noun===
{{head|no|proper noun}}

# {{given name|no|female}}

====Usage notes====
* The most common given name of women born in Norway from the 1940s to the 1970s.

===References===
* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, {{ISBN|82-521-4483-7}}
* [http://www.ssb.no/navn/ ] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 63 414 females with the given name Anne living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

==Swedish==

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|sv|fr|Anne}}. First recorded as a given name of Swedes in 1773.

====Proper noun====
{{sv-proper noun|c}}

# {{given name|sv|female}}

=====Usage notes=====
* Common first part of conjoined names like [[Anne-Marie]] (originally copied from French)

===Etymology 2===
From [[Anders]], [[Anton]], [[Arne]]. {{glossary|Affix}} of the two first letters {{af|sv|An-|n|-e|t2=[[gemination]]|t3=[[hypocoristic]] [[suffix]]}}.

Compare with [[Appendix:Swedish given names#Swedish male hypocoristic forming|Swedish male given name hypocoristic forming]].

====Proper noun====
{{sv-proper noun|c}}

# {{lb|sv|rare}} {{given name|sv|male|diminutive=Anders}}, ''[[Anton]] or [[Arne]]''

==West Frisian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|fy|/ˈɑ.nə/}}

===Etymology 1===
Variant of {{m|fy|Anna}}.

====Proper noun====
{{fy-proper noun|c}}

# {{given name|fy|eq=[[Ann]], [[Anne]]|female}}

===Etymology 2===
Variant of {{m|fy|Ane}}.

====Proper noun====
{{fy-proper noun|c}}

# {{given name|fy|male}}