Given name & surname
Anneke
“a woman graced with God's favor”·“he (God) has favoured me (i.e. with a child)”
Anneke is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.” In Dutch use, Anneke is an affectionate form of Anne. One Hebrew interpretation is “he (God) has favoured me (i.e. with a child).”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anneke is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.” In Dutch use, Anneke is an affectionate 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
In Dutch use, Anneke is an affectionate form of Anne. An origin associated with Anne is Hebrew. Anneke has a related form in Anneka. An origin associated with Anneka is Dutch.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Anneke is a diminutive of Anne.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anneke through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 993
- 0 boys · 993 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −72%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,163 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anneke’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Anneke is a diminutive of Anne. Anneke has a related form in Anna. Anneke is an affectionate form of Anne.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anneke has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anneke
- Anneke van GiersbergenDutch singer and musicianborn 1973
- Anneke von der LippeNorwegian actressborn 1964
- Anneke WillsBritish actressborn 1941
- Anneke BlokDutch actress (born 1959)
- Anneke BeertenDutch bicycle racerborn 1982
- Anneke Boschcricketerborn 1993
- Anneke Kim SarnauGerman actressborn 1972
- Anneke Jodiactressborn 1985
- Anneke Levelt SengersDutch physicist1929–2024
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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