Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'."Anne". A Dictionary of First Names. Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges. Oxford University Press, 2006. Oxford Reference Online. University of Hull. 1 April 2010 Oxfordreference.com Related names include Annie and Ana.
Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in the Behind the Name database and the "Anne" and "Ane" entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). In Ireland the name is used as an anglicized version of Áine.
In Japan, Anne is written as 安音, 安嶺, 安寧, etc. (あんね) . It could have various origins.
As a feminine name Anne Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) and Great Britain (1707–14) Queens consort, in chronological order: Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) Anne Neville (1456–1485), wife of King Richard III of England Anne of Brittany (1477–1514), Breton ruler, wife of both Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France Anne Boleyn (c. 1501/1507–1536), second wife of King Henry VIII of England Anne of Cleves (1515–1557), fourth wife of King Henry VIII Anne of Denmark (1574–1619), wife of King James VI and I of Scotland, England, and Ireland, Anne of Austria (1601–1666), wife of Louis XIII of France, Regent of France Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575–1612), wife of King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway Anne Marie d'Orléans (1669–1728), wife of King Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia Anne of Romania (1923–2016), wife of King Michael I of Romania Anne-Marie of Greece (born 1948), Queen of Greece, wife of King Constantine II Princess Anne (disambiguation), including: Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532–1585), Danish princess from the House of Oldenburg Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709–1759), daughter of King George II, wife of William IV, Prince of Orange Anne of Orléans (1906–1986), Princess of France Anne of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 1938), wife of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria Anne, Princess Royal (born 1950), daughter of Queen Elizabeth II
Anne van Aaken (born 1969), German lawyer and economist Anne Aallonen (born 1967), Finnish-born Hong Kong professional tennis player Anne Aanestad Winter, Norwegian handball player Anne Aaron, Filipina engineer Anne Aaserud (1942–2017), Norwegian art historian and museum director Anne Aasheim (1962–2016), Norwegian editor Anne Abayasekara (1925–2015), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist Anne Abeillé (born 1962), French linguist Anne Abeja Muhwezi, Ugandan lawyer and corporate executive Anne Abernathy (born 1953), American sportswoman Anne-Ségolène Abscheidt, French professor Anne Acheson (1882–1962), Irish sculptor Anne Adams (born 1960), British swimmer Anne-christine d'Adesky, American journalist and activist Anne Lise Ådnøy (born 1957), Norwegian bishop Anne Aghion (born 1960), French-American documentary filmmaker Anne Agius Ferrante (1925–2023), Maltese politician Anne Ainsworth (born 1951), Namibian lawn bowls competitor Anne Åkerblom (born 1960), Finnish judoka Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen (born 1967), Danish lawyer Anne Allison, professor of cultural anthropology Anne X. Alpern (1903–1981), American judge Anne L. Alstott, American legal scholar Anne Alvaro (born 1951), French actress Anne Alvik (born 1937), Norwegian politician and civil servant Anne Aly (born 1967), Australian politician and academic Anne A. Amadi, current Chief Registrar of the Kenya Judiciary Anne-Lisa Amadou (1930–2002), Norwegian literary researcher Anne Amie, Indian playback singer Anne van Amstel (born 1974), Dutch writer Anne Amuzu, Ghanaian computer scientist Anne Anastasi (1908–2001), American psychologist Anne Ancelin Schützenberger (1919–2018), French psychotherapist Anne André-Léonard (born 1948), Belgian politician Anne S. Andrew (born 1955), American attorney and diplomat Anne M. Andrews, American neuroscientist Anne Andrieux (born 1979), French volleyball player Anne Anglin, Canadian actress and theatre director Anne Anstine (1924–1997), American politician Anne Applebaum (born 1964), American journalist Anne Appleby, American painter Anne Archer (born 1947), American actress Anne Archibald, Canadian astronomer Anne L. Armstrong (1927–2008), American diplomat Anne W. Armstrong (1872–1958), American writer Anne Arnold (1925–2014), American sculptor Anne Arrasmith (1946–2017), American artist and educator Anne Arundell (c.1615/1616–1649), English noblewoman Anne Ashworth (1842–1921), British feminist activist Anne Askew (1521–1546), English writer, poet, and Protestant martyr Anne Louise Ashley-Greenstreet (1835–1???), English hymn writer Anne Astin, Australian biochemist and forensic expert Anne Aston (born 1948), Scottish actress and television presenter Anne Atkins, English novelist, writer and broadcaster Anne Aubrey (born 1937), English actress Anne Audain (born 1955), New Zealand runner Anne Auger, French computer scientist Anne-Emmanuelle Augustine (born 2001), French handball player Anne Nafi Aussi (born 1964), Iraqi minister Anne Pomeroy Autor, Canadian scientist Anne Avantie (born 1955), Indonesian fashion designer Anne Sophie Avé (born 1968), French diplomat Anne Azéma (born 1957), American opera singer Anne-Laure Babault (born 1982), French politician Anne Bachelier (born 1949), French artist Anne Bacon (1528–1610), English scholar Anne Luther Bagby (1859–1942), American Baptist missionary Anne Bahlke, American physician Anne-Lise Bakken (born 1952), Norwegian politician Anne Balay, American labor historian Anne de Balbi (1753–1842), French aristocrat Anne Balfour-Fraser (1923–2016), British film producer Anne Elizabeth Ball (1808–1872), Irish botanist, algologist and botanical illustrator Anne Balsamo (born 1959), American academic and writer Anne Bampton, Australian lawyer Anne Bancroft (1931–2005), American actress Anne Bankes (1759–1778), British artist Anne Bannerman (1765–1829), Scottish poet Anne Bannister (1936–2015), British child psychotherapist Anne Baranger, American chemist Anne-Lise Bardet (born 1974), French slalom canoeist and Olympic medalist Anne Maria Barkly (1837–1932), British botanist Anne Barlow, British curator Anne Barnard, American journalist Anne Henslow Barnard (1839–1899), botanical artist and scientific illustrator Anne Barnéoud (born 1983), French para table tennis player Anne Barrington (born 1953), Irish diplomat Anne-Sophie Barthet (born 1988), French alpine skier Anne Barton (1924–2000), American film and television actor Anne Bartsch (born 1995), German ice hockey player Anne Barzin (born 1975), Belgian politician Anne Basset, English lady-in-waiting Anne S. Bassett, Canadian psychiatrist Anne Basting, American gerontologist Anne K. Batten (born 1932), American politician in Vermont Anne Bauchens (1882–1967), American film editor Anne Baxter (1923–1985), American actress Anne Bayefsky (born 1953), Canadian academic and activist Anne Beale (1816–1900), English novelist and poet Anne Bean (born 1950), London-based performance artist Anne Beatts (1947–2021), American writer Anne Beaufour (born 1963), French billionaire heiress Anne-Julie Beaulieu (born 1994), Canadian badminton player Anne Beaumanoir (1923–2022), French neurophysiologist Anne Bedian (born 1972), Armenian-Canadian actress Anne Beechey (1764–1833), British portrait painter Anne Begg (born 1955), British politician Anne F. Beiler (born 1949), American businesswoman Anne Belle, documentary filmmaker Anne Beloff-Chain (1921–1991), English biochemist Anne Benjaminsen, Finnish ski-orienteering competitor Anne Benoît, French actress Anne Berest (born 1979), French writer and actress Anne Berge (born 1966), Norwegian alpine skier Anne Lilia Berge Strand (born 1977), Norwegian singer-songwriter, known as "Annie" Anne Sofie Berge (born 1937), Norwegian politician Anne Berit Eid (born 1957), Norwegian orienteer Anne Bermingham, Australian chemist Anne Bernays (born 1930), American novelist, editor and teacher Anne-Lise Berntsen (1943–2012), Norwegian soprano Anne Zohra Berrached (born 1982), German film director and screenwriter Anne Berthelot (born 1957), French professor of Medieval literature studies Anne Valentina Berthelsen (born 1994), Danish politician Anne Bertolotti, French neurological disease researcher Anne-Grethe Leine Bientie (born 1954), Norwegian writer and psalmist Anne Bierwirth, German contralto Anne Bierwisch (born 1987), German toxicologist and cricketer Anne Mathilde Bilbro, American composer and music educator Anne-Sophie Bion, French film editor Anne Birk (1942–2009), German author Anne-Sophie Bittighoffer, French tennis player Anne-Margrethe Björlin (1921–2007), Swedish film actress Anne Marit Bjørnflaten (born 1969), Norwegian politician Anne Blanc (born 1966), French politician Anne Wil Blankers (born 1940), Dutch actress Anne Blencowe (1656–1718), British compiler of recipes Anne-Laure Blin (born 1983), French politician Anne deBlois Smart (born 1935), Canadian politician Anne Bloom (born 1947), American actress Anne Blouin (born 1946), Canadian politician Anne Bobby (born 1967), American actress Anne Bochatay (born 1968), Swiss ski mountaineer and police officer Anne Boden (born 1960), British entrepreneur Anne Bøe (born 1956), Norwegian poet Anne Bogart (born 1951), American theatre and opera director Anne Bohnenkamp-Renken, German academic Anne Boileau (born 1975), French table tennis player Anne Boixel (born 1965), French slalom canoeist Anne Boleyn, queen of England from 1533 to 1536 Anne van Bonn (born 1985), German footballer Anne Bonnet (1908–1960), Belgian painter Anne Bonny (likely died December 1733), pirate Anne Boquet (born 1952), French senior civil servant Anne de Borman (1881–1962), Belgian tennis player Anne Born (1924–2011), British poet, local historian, writer and translator Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale (born 1946), Norwegian biochemist Anne Borsay (1954–2014), British medical historian Anne Bosworth Focke (1868–1907), American mathematician Anne Boud'hors, French Egyptologist, Coptologist and philologist Anne Bourg (born 1987), Luxembourgish footballer Anne Bourguignon (1950–2019), French actress, filmmaker and political activist known as Anémone Anne Bourlioux, Canadian mathematician and indoor rower Anne Boutet de Monvel, French applied mathematician and mathematical physicist Anne Boutin (born 1968), French chemist Anne Bouverot (born 1966), French business executive Anne Bowes-Lyon (1917–1980), Danish princess by marriage Anne Boyd (born 1946), Australian composer Anne Boyer, American poet and essayist Anne Bracegirdle (1671–1748), British actress Anne Braden (1924–2006), American civil rights activist, journalist and educator Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672), America's first published poet Anne Bragance, French writer Anne Brancato Wood (1903–1972), American politician Anne-Sophie Brasme (born 1984), French writer Anne-Eva Brauneck (1910–2007), German law professor Anne Bray, American artist Anne Margrethe Bredal (1655–1729), Danish scholar and feminist writer Anne Bremer (1868–1923), American painter Anne Bremner (born 1958), American lawyer Anne Bredon (1930–2019), American folk singer Anne M. Brennan, American lawyer Anne Brenon (born 1945), French curator and historian Anne Briand (born 1968), French biathlete