Anna (name)
![[[Saint Anne]], mother of the [[Virgin Mary]], depicted instructing her daughter in this painting by [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]]. The popularity of the name Anne is largely due to this saint.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Dante_Gabriel_Rossetti_-_The_Girlhood_of_Mary_Virgin.jpg)
Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the and the Hebrew name Hannah (), meaning "favour" or "grace".Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Ana, Anne, originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for hundreds of years, and Ann, which was originally the English spelling. Saint Anne is traditionally the name of the mother of the Virgin Mary, which accounts for its wide use and popularity among Christians. The name has also been used for numerous saints and queens. In the context of pre-Christian Europe, the name can be found in Virgil's ''Aeneid'', where Anna appears as the sister of Dido advising her to keep Aeneas in her city. Provided by Wikipedia
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