Anne

French variation of English Ann and Hebrew Hannah

"grace"

Anne Origin and Meaning

The name Anne is a girl's name of Hebrew, French, English origin meaning "grace".

The name of the sainted mother of the Virgin Mary was among the top girls’ names for centuries, in both the original English Ann spelling and the French Anne. Both left the Top 100 around 1970 but Anne is still among the most classic names for girls, although others are more likely to choose the original Hannah, the Anna variation, or even Annabel or Annabella.

Anne was on a long slide from the early 1980s until about 2010, when its popularity in the US stabilized around the middle of the Top 1000.

Anne was the name of six queens of England, two of them wives of Henry VIII, as well as the name of the present Queen Elizabeth's only daughter plus French and Russian royalty. More recently, Mindy Kaling chose Anne for her second daughter.

Anne has too many distinguished namesakes to enumerate--but among them are Anne Hathaway, (both Shakespeare's wife and the contemporary actress), Anne of Green Gables, Anne Bronte, Anne Frank, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

Anne Rank in US Top 1000

# 581 in the US

Anne Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 296 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Anne

• 581 US 2023
• 296 Nameberry 2025
• 656 Future 2028
• 996 England 2020
• 248 Germany 2016
• 80 Netherlands 2020
• 15 Estonia 2024

20 Names Similar to Anne

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• Mary
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• Susan
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• Ann
• Susannah
• Joanna
• Margaret
• Elizabeth
• Rachel

Famous People Named Anne

• Saint Anne mother of the Virgin Mary
• Anne Queen of Great Britain
• Anne of Bohemia Queen consort of Richard II of England
• Anne Neville Queen consort of Richard III of England
• Anne Boleyn 2nd Queen consort of Henry VIII of England
• Anne of Cleves 4th Queen consort of Henry VIII of England
• Anne of Denmark Queen consort of James VI and I of England and Scotland
• Anne of Kiev Queen consort of Henry I of France
• Anne Duchess of Brittany, Queen consort of Charles VIII and Louis XII of France
• Anne of Austria (born Ana Maria Mauricia) Queen consort of Louis XIII of France
• Anne Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Denmark; Queen consort of Constantine II of Greece
• Anne Antoinette Françoise Charlotte Zita Marguerite of Bourbon Parma, Queen consort of Michael I of Romania
• Anne of Bohemia and Hungary aka Anna Jagellonica Queen consort of Ferdinand I of the Romans
• Anne of Austria Queen consort of Sigismund III Vasa of Poland and Sweden
• Anne Hyde Duchess of York, wife of future King James II of England; mother of Queen Anne
• Anne Princess of England, daughter of Charles I
• Anne Princess Royal & Princess of Orange, daughter of Britain's George II
• Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Princess Royal, daughter of Britain's Elizabeth II
• Anne Suzuki Japanese actress
• Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano) American actress
• Anne Baxter American actress
• Anne Bradstreet first published poet in the U.S.
• Johanna "Anne" Mansfield Sullivan American tutor of Helen Keller
• Anne Bonny Irish pirate
• Anne Brontë English novelist
• Anne Louise Dudek American actress
• Anne of Austria Landgravine of Thuringia
• Anne Francine American actress
• Anne Lloyd Francis American actress
• Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank Dutch WWII diarist
• Anne Jacqueline Hathaway American actress
• Anne Hathaway wife of William Shakespeare
• Anne Bright Holton American lawyer and judge
• Anne Hutchinson American religious dissenter
• Anne Villiers Countess of Morton
• Anne Maree Judkins New Zealand race walker
• Anne W. Burrell American celebrity chef
• Anne Viensouk Keothavong Laotian,British tennis player
• Anne Elise Kornblut American writer and journalist
• Anne Kremer Luxembourgish tennis player
• Anne Meara American actress and comedian
• Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh American author, wife of aviator Charles Lindbergh
• Anne Watanabe Japanese model, daughter of actor Ken Watanabe
• (Morna) Anne Murray Canadian pop singer
• Anne Klein (born Hannah Golofski) American fashion designer
• Anne Provoost Belgian novelist
• Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien) American novelist
• Anne Sexton American poet
• Anne Inez McCaffrey Irish novelist
• Anne Jeffreys (born Annie Carmichael) American actress
• Anne Charlotte McClain American astronaut
• Anne Veski Estonian pop singer
• Anne Geddes New Zealand photographer
• Anne Elizabeth Darwin daughter of naturalist Charles Darwin
• Anne Royall first U.S. woman journalist
• Anne Kristine Stuart American romance novelist
• Anne Graham Lotz American Christian evangelist, daughter of Billy Graham
• Anne Hampton "Annie" Potts American actress
• Anne de Zogheb Lebanese model, wife of singer Paul Anka
• Anne Phyllis Tyler American novelist
• Anne Marie (Rose Nicholson), British singer and songwriter
• Anne Thérèse Princess of Savoy
• Anne Charlotte Princess of Lorraine, Abbess of Remiremont, Mons and Essen
• Anne Savile Princess of Löwenstein,Wertheim,Freudenberg, English aviatrix
• Anne Marguerite Brigitte Marie Princess of Orléans, Duchess of Calabria; daughter of Prince Henri
• Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes Lyon; Viscountess Anson; Princess George Valdemar of Denmark; cousin of Queen Elizabeth II
• Anne Carson Canadian poet and translator
• Anne Elizabeth Gabrielle Edmonds Australian comedian
• Anne Diamond English journalist and television presenter

The name Anne in Pop Culture

• Anne Shirley main character in L. M. Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" series
• Anne Elliot character in Jane Austen's "Persuasion"
• Anne Page character in Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
• Anne Patricia Howard Martin character in movie "The Patriot"
• Anne Cahill character in "The 39 Clues" series
• Anne Wheeler character in "The Greatest Showman"
• Anne character in video game "Style Savvy"
• Anne Steele character on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
• Anne Manning from the movie "Separate Lies"
• Anne MacMorrow from movie "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep"
• Anne Juergens character on TV's "Secret Life of the American Teenager"
• Anne Winslow character on TV's "Requiem for Murder"
• Anne Sullivan reoccurring character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
• Anne Weying character in Marvel Universe
• Anne Marie Hoag, character in Marvel Universe
• Anne Kirrin character in Enid Blyton's 'Famous Five' series