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[Facts] ANNA also a Germanic name?
In a book on Germanic names I found ANNA as the feminine form of ANNO (from (Arnold). It also said that it was not popular until the Hebrew/Greek/Latin name ANNA conquered central Europe in the 15th cent.
Can anybody confirm this?
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well my mates called anna and she actually recons its russian but i dont know how true that is
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Anna's used in tons of languagesBtN lists the following cultures and languages in which Anna is used:
English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical.Anna was also used in Anglo-Saxon times, though the only notable bearer we know of was male: King Anna of East Anglia (d. 953/954): http://snipurl.com/fw7s.
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King Anna is interesting. To me it seems rather unlikely, that his name has anything to do with the Hebrew/Greek/Latin name Channa/Hanna/Anna. So maybe it's a proof for the Arnold/Anno/Anna connection.
Thanks for the hint!
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King Anna bore male name, that corresponded to German Anno.
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