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Charles, Peter, or Timothy.

This message was edited 1/25/2021, 6:55 AM

John and James, possibly William

John

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For sure.

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Anne is all right. I think I like it more than Mary.

Peter or Thomas

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I love Anne, it's effortlessly beautiful.

Anne is my mn, and a family name (my grandmother's mn and one cousin's fn). I like it very much and used it as a mn for my daughter. I prefer it to Anna: it seems neater and tidier.

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Male equivalents: Richard, Stephen, Peter, Graham, Geoffrey

Philip? Peter? Edward?

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Anne looks nice but is dreadfully boring.

I'm not sure, maybe Adam?

John maybe. I have taught a lot of Ann/Annes, but all as double names. John is a pretty common double name.

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Anne is boring! But it's vastly superior to Ann.

Most of the male names I think have the same atmosphere as Anne are still pretty popular:
Colin
James
Micah
Saul
Silas
Peter
Robin

I think Anne is very boring, but Ann is exciting because it's seen less frequently.

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Robert
Charles
Gilbert
Ronald
Donald
Bertrand
John
William
Paul
Sidney
Theodore
Christopher

Walter
Adrian
Carl
Paul
Neil
Philip
Peter
Vincent
Malcolm
Duncan
Dennis
Gareth
Martin
Victor
Stanley
Norman

John

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Anne is ok

I adore Anne, it’s been on my top 10 for a very long time now. “Bland” perhaps, but not popular in the slightest (at least where I am). I think I’d call it understated and pretty over bland, though I like a lot of names perceived to be bland, like Mary and Jane.

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I want to say Henry is the masculine version of Anne, but it’s still a popular and common name. The problem is that boy names don’t go out of style as easily as girl names do, so it’s hard to find a classic, familiar boy name that’s not still common.

It’s nowhere near popular where I live.

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Anyways, it reminds me of Anne Frank however I much prefer it as a middle name to Ane, or Ann.

Anne is too bland and common as a name