Gender Feminine
Meaning & History
French diminutive of Anne 1. It has also been widely used in the English-speaking world, and it became popular in America in the late 1950s due to the fame of actress Annette Funicello (1942-2013).
Related Names
VariantsAnnie, Anny, Anouk, Ninon (French) Annett (German) Anette (Danish) Anette (Swedish) Anette (Norwegian) Annet (Dutch)
DiminutiveNettie (English)
Other Languages & CulturesAna (Albanian) Hanna, Hannah (Arabic) Anna (Armenian) Ane, Anne (Basque) Anna, Hanna (Belarusian) Anna, Hannah (Biblical) Anna (Biblical Greek) Channa (Biblical Hebrew) Anna (Biblical Latin) Anna, Annaig, Annick (Breton) Ana, Aneta, Anna, Anelia, Aneliya, Ani, Anka (Bulgarian) Aina, Anna (Catalan) Ana, Hana, Anica, Anita, Anka, Ankica, Jana, Nensi (Croatian) Aneta, Anna, Hana (Czech) Annet (Eastern African) Anna, Anne, Anneli, Anni, Annika, Anu (Estonian) Anna (Faroese) Ana (Fijian) Anna, Anne, Hanna, Anita, Anneli, Anni, Anniina, Annika, Annikki, Annukka, Anu, Hannele, Niina (Finnish) Antje (Frisian) Ana, Aneta, Anano, Ani, Anuki (Georgian) Anna (Greek) Chana, Chanah, Hana, Hanna, Hannah (Hebrew) Anett, Anna, Hanna, Anikó, Anita, Panka, Panna, Panni (Hungarian) Anna, Hanna (Icelandic) Nainsí (Irish) Anna, Annetta (Italian) Anete, Anna, Ance, Anita, Annija, Enija (Latvian) Ona, Ana (Lithuanian) Anke, Antje (Low German) Ana, Aneta, Hana, Anka, Jana (Macedonian) Ann (Manx) Anna (Occitan) Aneta, Anna, Hanna, Ania, Anika, Anita, Anka, Hania (Polish) Ana, Anália, Anita (Portuguese) Nanci (Portuguese (Brazilian)) Ana, Anca, Ani, Anișoara (Romanian) Anna, Ania, Annushka, Anya (Russian) Anna, Annag, Nandag (Scottish Gaelic) Ana, Anica, Anka, Jana (Serbian) Anna, Hana (Slovak) Ana, Hana, Anica, Anika, Anita, Anka, Ankica, Anuša, Nuša (Slovene) Hana (Sorbian) Ana, Ani, Anita (Spanish) Nancy (Spanish (Latin American)) Ana (Tongan) Anna, Ganna, Hanna (Ukrainian) Henda, Hendel, Hene, Henye (Yiddish)
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Entry updated December 7, 2022