Grace, favor.
In Anglo-Saxon the meaning of the name Anna is: Name of a king. English Meaning: The name Anna is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Anna is: Name of a king. American Meaning: The name Anna is an American baby name. In America Meaning of Anna. Hebrew name. In Hebrew, the name Anna means-Favour or grace. Prayer. God has favoured me. Variant of Hannah.. Other origins for the name Anna include-Hebrew, Israeli, Native American, English.The name Anna is most often used as a girl name or female name. Hebrew Name Meaning Meaning & History. Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including the English, use the Hannah spelling instead of Anna. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah. Anna /an-na/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced AN-ah. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Anna is He (God) has favored me. Latinate variant of Hannah. The name was borne by the sister of Dido, Queen of Carthage, in Virgil's  Aeneid . A biblical name, it is derived from the word 'channah' with the meaning grace, favor. Anna (Latin and Old Greek) was originally the Greek or Latin form of Channah (Hebrew) or Hannah. In the Old Testament of the Bible, Hannah was the mother of the prophet Samuel.
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