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Ана
“a woman graced with God's favor”·“he (God) has favoured me (i.e. with a child)”
Ана (Ana) is a feminine given name from Serbo-Croatian, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Bulgarian, Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, and Serbo-Croatian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and Serbian and Serbo-Croatian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Ann.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ана is Ana written in Cyrillic. In Portuguese use, Ana has a related form in Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.” Ana is a form of Anne. One Hebrew interpretation is “he (God) has favoured me (i.e. with a child).”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ана comes from Serbo-Croatian, and ultimately from Hebrew.
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How it developed
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Ана developed from Anna. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Ана developed from Ἄννα.
Ана’s family of names
In Macedonian usage, Ана has a diminutive in Ане. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Ана developed from the Latin form Anna. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Ана can be written in the Roman alphabet as Ana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ана has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
11 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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