Do you know what your your name means?

" Ana: \a-na\ as a girl's name is pronounced AHN-ah. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Ana is "favored grace"".

our real name?

i don't want to put my real name here but last time i check it meant "noble joy", whatever that means... >.>

[Jujulabee]

I've got two names - my religious one is a variant of Ana but is the original Biblical name - mother of the prophet Samuel. There are a huge number of variations on it including Ana. I'm not religious nor were my parents but having two names was a cultural custom.

My English name is means Shining Light and the original "owner" was the daughter of Zeus and Leda - the rape of Leda by the swan in Greek mythology.

Do you know what your your name means?

" Ana: \a-na\ as a girl's name is pronounced AHN-ah. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Ana is "favored grace"".

Hmmm that might be the old meaning of the word now a days AHN-ah in conversational Hebrew means 'if you could be so kind' or 'could you please...help' or such. My name is also in Hebrew though not biblical, a lot of Israeli names sound hippish when translated to English, my name is the poetic word for tree. Trees are important in Israel as the land was deforested about a hundred and fifty years ago and was in very bad shape, theres even a national holiday for trees and its traditional to plant a tree on that day.

my name means gift from God.My mom just liked the name.but I like the meaning

[Jujulabee]

Ann and Ana are considered to be variants of Hannah and so aren't linked to a modern Hebrew word so the original poster was correct in terms of the "meaning of her name".

Yes trees are important as there were "forests" donated by American philanthropists and as a child in America, we were supposed to buy a leaf for 10 cents that was added to a tree in the front of the classroom. Trees would also be given in someone's name as a gift in the same way as some charities now allow you to gift someone with having given a well, oxen or other needs to people in other foreign countries.

I think there is an old Woody Allen movie which has a joke about one of the Israeli forests in which the name of the benefactor keeps being changed depending on who is visiting.

I wonder which Woody Allen movie that is...though not true, though theres lots of forests named after many different people. In Yad Va'Shem there's an area where trees have been planted to remember various heroes of the holocaust, like Shindler.

I didn't say the original poster was wrong just that the meaning has changed, Hebrew has changed, once it was a dead language like Latin but it was brought back to a living language though some things changed, I like names that have meanings, I lived in Ireland for a few years and found it sad that few that I asked knew the meanings of their Irish names if they had one.

in conjunction: fair joy. :3

[Jujulabee]

I didn't take it as your stating the OP was wrong but just providing further elucidation. Do Hebrew people speaking people name their daughter Ana because Ana is just a sound-alike to the Hebrew word since the Hebrew word which sounds like "ana" is probably not derived from Hannah which is where all the Anna variants come from.


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VARIANTS: Anna (Bulgarian), Jana (Croatian), Jana (Serbian)
DIMINUTIVES: Anabel, Anita (Spanish), Anabela, Anita (Portuguese), Anica, Anika, Anita (Slovene), Anka (Bulgarian), Anca (Romanian), Anica, Anita, Anka, Ankica (Croatian), Anica, Anka (Serbian)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Quanna (African American), Anne (Basque), Anna, Hannah (Biblical), Anna (Biblical Greek), Channah (Biblical Hebrew), Anna (Biblical Latin), Anna, Annick (Breton), Aina, Anna, Anaïs (Catalan), Anna, Hana, Aneta (Czech), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Ane, Anika, Anita, Anja, Hanne (Danish), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Hannah, Anika, Anita, Anke, Anneke, Annelien, Annika, Anouk, Ans, Antje (Dutch), Ann, Anna, Anne, Hannah, Anissa, Anita, Aniya, Aniyah, Anneka, Annette, Annie, Annika, Keanna, Nan, Nancy, Nanette, Nannie, Nanny, Nettie, Nita (English), Anna, Anu (Estonian), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Anita, Anja, Anneli, Anni, Anniina, Annika, Annikki, Annukka, Anu, Hannele, Niina (Finnish), Anne, Hannah, Anaïs, Annette, Anouk, Ninon (French), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Hannah, Anika, Anina, Anja, Annika, Hanne (German), Anna (Greek), Channah, Hannah, Chanah (Hebrew), Anna, Anikó, Annuska, Panni (Hungarian), Anna, Hanna (Icelandic), Nainsí (Irish), Anna, Annabella, Annetta (Italian), Ona (Lithuanian), Anke, Antje (Low German), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Anita, Anja, Anniken, Hanne (Norwegian), Anna, Anaïs (Occitan), Anna, Hanna, Ania, Anita, Anka, Hania (Polish), Anna, Ania, Annushka, Anushka, Anya (Russian), Anna, Hana (Slovak), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Anita, Anja, Annika, Hanne (Swedish), Hanna (Ukrainian), Hena, Henda, Hene, Henye, Hendel (Yiddish)


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From the Hebrew name חַנָּה (Channah) meaning "favour" or "grace". Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament. As an English name, Hannah was not regularly used until after the Protestant Reformation. The Greek and Latin version Anna is used in the New Testament and was traditionally more widely used as a Christian name.
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VARIANTS: Channah, Chanah (Hebrew), Hena, Henda, Hene, Henye (Yiddish), Hanna, Hanne (German), Hanna (Dutch)
DIMINUTIVE: Hendel (Yiddish)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Quanna (African American), Anne (Basque), Anna (Biblical Greek), Channah (Biblical Hebrew), Anna (Biblical Latin), Anna, Annick (Breton), Ana, Anna, Anka (Bulgarian), Aina, Anna, Anaïs (Catalan), Ana, Hana, Anica, Anita, Anja, Anka, Ankica, Jana (Croatian), Anna, Hana, Aneta (Czech), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Ane, Anika, Anita, Anja, Hanne (Danish), Anna, Anu (Estonian), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Anita, Anja, Anneli, Anni, Anniina, Annika, Annikki, Annukka, Anu, Hannele, Niina (Finnish), Ana (Georgian), Anna (Greek), Anna, Anikó, Annuska, Panni (Hungarian), Anna, Hanna (Icelandic), Anna, Annabella, Annetta (Italian), Ona (Lithuanian), Ana (Macedonian), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Anita, Anja, Anniken, Hanne (Norwegian), Anna, Anaïs (Occitan), Anna, Hanna, Ania, Anita, Anka, Hania (Polish), Ana, Anabela, Anita (Portuguese), Ana, Anca (Romanian), Anna, Ania, Annushka, Anushka, Anya (Russian), Ana, Anica, Anja, Anka, Jana (Serbian), Anna, Hana (Slovak), Ana, Anica, Anika, Anita, Anja (Slovene), Ana, Anabel, Anita (Spanish), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Anita, Anja, Annika, Hanne (Swedish), Hanna (Ukrainian)

I haven't come across any girls in Israel named Anne, but Hannah or Channah with a rough sounding Ch is, but also theres a certain fashion thing to names, when my oldest niece was born it French names girl names were popular, the last five years it seems the name Maya has been popular here. Others are a bit strange like the name Daniel, it has to be pronounced a certain way otherwise it would be taken for a girls name which is strange in my opinion what with it being a biblical name, but most men here with the name simply go by Danny.

[Jujulabee]

I haven't come across any girls in Israel named Anne, but Hannah or Channah with a rough sounding Ch is, but also theres a certain fashion thing to names, when my oldest niece was born it French names girl names were popular, the last five years it seems the name Maya has been popular here. Others are a bit strange like the name Daniel, it has to be pronounced a certain way otherwise it would be taken for a girls name which is strange in my opinion what with it being a biblical name, but most men here with the name simply go by Danny.

Yes names do go in and out of fashion. There are websites that chart the popularity of certain names for the past 100 years or so.

Hannah (the Englishized version of Channah) became quite popular in the US about 20 years ago after a long period when it was hopelessly out of date. I was named after a great grandmother who was named Channah but when I was born there was no way I would have been given such a non-American AND old-fashioned name so I was given a name that began with H as my English name.

Of course, ironically my English name which begins with an H is now a hopeless antique that fell out of popularity and the chart shows a precipitous drop which began a few years before my birth - my parents were NOT trendsetters to say the least

ETA - Daniel is the male name and Danielle is the female version which as you wrote is pronounced quite differently.

[JJ-x]

Jessica - God Beholds.
Fun fact: The name was invented by Shakespeare for Merchant of Venice.

Ahhh now if that isn't a play that is full of contradictions. Really Shakespeare invented it? suddenly the name Jessica is a whole lot more interesting in my opinion, though its always had fun nicknames imo.

In English Daniel is pronounced differently then in Hebrew here its pronounced Dan-yell and Danielle is pronounced Dan-yella so as you see not so different. It's my youngest brother's name so I know how he used to be teased, my other brother's name is Mark and in Hebrew its spelled the same way as soup so his friends would sometime call him Mar-ack ie soup.

I personally like Channah with the Ch in the beginning to my ears it sounds softer but I guess it depends what type of sounds you grew up hearing and such.

[kellyking29]

Irish - Brave Warrior or Female Warrior

Born with red hair and fists clenched Mom said Kelly was a good iIrsh name

[Amydala10]

My real name means small flower in Latin,but I don´t want to put my name here.