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I have always loved this name, it has never left my mind. It's a long used name with loads of history. I keep leaving this name, but I always come back to it. I usually pronounce it "Ann-uh," but the other pronunciations are also beautiful. What are your opinions on Anna?
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It's one half to my sister's 2 part name. As a child I found it kind of boring. And I'm slightly more so put off now since my sister no longer uses it and opts for just the 2nd half or a nickname. I like it okay, I really do, but there are so many longer & prettier Ann names to be had it just doesn't make sense to me to use it alone. Probably because of my sister but it looks looks lonely alone. When I give it consideration it's usually double barreled as an honoring idea or used in the longer variants but tbh some days I think she would have be better served with one of the other 2 ideas my parents had back then: Mary-Rose & Naomi.
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I think it's a lovely name and very workable. Something so simple and shimmery and ancient about it. It's my sister's name.
I don't know a huge number of Annas, relative to its popularity.
Anna Jane is a super pretty double name.
I don't like the Ah-na pronunciation. I think it's super boring and contrived in the US. Spell it Ana. AKA Yawna. I was infuriated at my older sister, with herself a sister and a sister-in-law named Anna, and a daughter named Annabelle, considering "Ah-na" spelled Anna for her second daughter. The ant sound gives it a piquancy and shininess that makes it glimmer.
I don't know a huge number of Annas, relative to its popularity.
Anna Jane is a super pretty double name.
I don't like the Ah-na pronunciation. I think it's super boring and contrived in the US. Spell it Ana. AKA Yawna. I was infuriated at my older sister, with herself a sister and a sister-in-law named Anna, and a daughter named Annabelle, considering "Ah-na" spelled Anna for her second daughter. The ant sound gives it a piquancy and shininess that makes it glimmer.
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I like Anna pronounced as AHN-nah. Almost nobody I know says it like that, but I have met one who was called like so.
I'm not as into Anna pronounced Ann-uh, just because it seems so generic to me - I always feel like it's just a suffix, like Etta or Ella. Because -anna and -anne names are so common in my experience. I still think it's a nice name, though.
I'm not as into Anna pronounced Ann-uh, just because it seems so generic to me - I always feel like it's just a suffix, like Etta or Ella. Because -anna and -anne names are so common in my experience. I still think it's a nice name, though.
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I also quite like it. It's "boring" in theory, but I really do like it.
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I hate it! I hate it so much. It's the blandest of bland names.
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I love Anna. It would probably be my daughter's name if I were having one. It's just beautiful.
I only like Ann-a. I don't like Ah-na
I only like Ann-a. I don't like Ah-na
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I'm the same, I find it whiny somehow.
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I like it Ann a
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I like it, I only prefer the pronunciation Ann-uh.
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I concede: it is very pretty, and a timeless classic. It will age well and can also suit a little girl. Its frilly but dignified. Sadly, I get tired of names faster than I get tired of songs.
So Anna is on the list of names called "I Will Never Use These Names For My Children Because They Will Be One of the Million With Those Names."
But I like it much more than Anne, even with the Anne Frank namesake.
And Annie is cuter, but I prefer Anna over that too.
And you know what? The real reason I might be bored of the name is because its slapped at the end of MANY other names in order to feminize them. (Like Etta, Elle and Belle; Marietta, Gabrielle, Rosabelle)
Juliana
Brianna
Leana
Ryanna
Billianna
Lilliana
Aviana
Jilliana
Aubrianna
Marianna
ETC.
Out of all those, I like Brianna, Leana and Lilliana more than I like Anna - even if they sound a tad bit babyish - I think they've got personality! (Not that Anna lacks personality. The bearer could simply put her own spin on the name.) But yeah, my daughter will never have Anna in her name. Ever.
Its common as a middle name too, because it goes well with everything. Compound names are proof of that. Oh right. And the Polly Anna combo became Pollyanna. People are addicted to Anna. To them, it means "pretty female", so they want it in every pretty female name.
So Anna is on the list of names called "I Will Never Use These Names For My Children Because They Will Be One of the Million With Those Names."
But I like it much more than Anne, even with the Anne Frank namesake.
And Annie is cuter, but I prefer Anna over that too.
And you know what? The real reason I might be bored of the name is because its slapped at the end of MANY other names in order to feminize them. (Like Etta, Elle and Belle; Marietta, Gabrielle, Rosabelle)
Juliana
Brianna
Leana
Ryanna
Billianna
Lilliana
Aviana
Jilliana
Aubrianna
Marianna
ETC.
Out of all those, I like Brianna, Leana and Lilliana more than I like Anna - even if they sound a tad bit babyish - I think they've got personality! (Not that Anna lacks personality. The bearer could simply put her own spin on the name.) But yeah, my daughter will never have Anna in her name. Ever.
Its common as a middle name too, because it goes well with everything. Compound names are proof of that. Oh right. And the Polly Anna combo became Pollyanna. People are addicted to Anna. To them, it means "pretty female", so they want it in every pretty female name.
This message was edited 11/9/2021, 5:59 AM
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In Dutch, the -e at the ends of words is pronounced. So Anne Frank would have sounded like UHnnuh - two syllables, not one.
And names like Juliana do not consist of Julie + Anna. In Latin, Julius is masculine and Julia is feminine; Julianus (masculine) means 'Related to Julius', 'Connected somehow with Julius' or even 'Owned at one time by Julius'! And Juliana is the feminine form of that, in the usual way. Marianna could be an exception; Brianna wouldn't. It is sometimes written as Briana anyway.
And names like Juliana do not consist of Julie + Anna. In Latin, Julius is masculine and Julia is feminine; Julianus (masculine) means 'Related to Julius', 'Connected somehow with Julius' or even 'Owned at one time by Julius'! And Juliana is the feminine form of that, in the usual way. Marianna could be an exception; Brianna wouldn't. It is sometimes written as Briana anyway.
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Point made. They all sound the same in English, though. No matter where they come from, they all merge into one category of noise.
It would be different if I lived somewhere else and I heard different pronunciations, but Anne is said like Ann here.
It would be different if I lived somewhere else and I heard different pronunciations, but Anne is said like Ann here.
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Hi !!!
Here in Italy Anna (AHN-nah) has always been ageless and evergreen.
It is very boring, basic, tasteless and colourless in my opinion. Definitely overused.
Here in Italy Anna (AHN-nah) has always been ageless and evergreen.
It is very boring, basic, tasteless and colourless in my opinion. Definitely overused.
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There are a few English-speaking Anna people where I live, but in general Anna, pronounced UHnnuh, signals an Afrikaans person.
I find it frillier than Anne and more complicated than it needs to be. I would never use Anna; I have used Anne (my mn, my paternal grandmother's mn and now my daughter's second mn).
I find it frillier than Anne and more complicated than it needs to be. I would never use Anna; I have used Anne (my mn, my paternal grandmother's mn and now my daughter's second mn).
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