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Ann¹

  • /æn/ US, UK
  • [eən]
  • /an/ British, Northern England, Scotland
  • /æːn/ Australia
  • /eːn/
  • /ɛn/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -æn

Where it comes from

From Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ana, Anna, Anne, and Hannah.

proper noun Anne

  1. A female given name from Hebrew. ramsden. When you say Ann, you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield. / tanner. I mean our Ann, your Ann, Tavy's Ann, and now, Heaven help me, my Ann!

Ann²

Where it comes from

Habitational surname from Abbotts Ann in Hampshire, named for the stream that runs through it, which is most probably named with an ancient Welsh word meaning "ash tree stream". Compare Welsh onn (“ash tree”).

proper noun Anns · Anne

  1. A surname from Welsh.

noun Anns · Anne

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of anniversary

adjective Anne

  1. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of annual

ann³

  • /æn/ US, UK
  • /an/ Scotland

Sounds like an (stressed) · Rhymes with -æn, -an

Where it comes from

From Latin annata (“income of a year; income of half a year”), from annus (“year”): compare French annate (“annats”), Spanish anata (“annats”).

noun anns · annat

  1. obsolete An annate.

ANN⁴

noun ANNs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of artificial neural network

    Opposite: BNN

  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of approximate nearest neighbor
  3. Internet, abbreviation Abbreviation of announcement, in e-mail or newsgroup subject lines.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: anne, olivia, margie, peggy, lori, shirley, aung, helen, lois, mich, mrs, ana, ralph, rna, yearbook, ang

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name female given name

EspañolAna
한국어안나, 안
日本語アンナ, アン
中文安 Ān, 安娜 Ānnà
हिन्दीएन en
PortuguêsAna
FrançaisAnne
DeutschAnna
ItalianoAnna
ΕλληνικάΆννα Ánna
RomânăAna
РусскийА́нна Ánna, Энн Enn
العربيةآنَّا ʔānnā, آنّ ʔānn, حَنَّة ḥanna
עבריתחַנָּה khaná

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@misc{ann_2026,
  title = {ann},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ann},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}