Given name
Anniken
“a woman graced with God's favor”
In Norwegian use, Anniken is a diminutive of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Norwegian use, Anniken is a diminutive of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Anniken is a diminutive of Anna. Anna comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Norwegian usage, Anniken is a diminutive of Anna.
Anniken’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Anniken is a diminutive of Anna. In Norwegian usage, Anniken has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Hana.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anniken
- Anniken HuitfeldtNorwegian politicianborn 1969
- Anniken HauglieConservative Norwegian politicianborn 1972
- Anniken WollikNorwegian handball playerborn 1997
- Anniken ObaidliNorwegian handball playerborn 1995
- Anniken MorkNorwegian ski jumperborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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