Ann

Meanings

Noun

• Abbreviation of anniversary

Adjective

• Abbreviation of annual

Proper Noun

• A female given name from Hebrew.

Origin

• The English form of Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ἄννα, the Ancient Greek New Testament form of the Hebrew female name חַנָּה, meaning "grace, gracious".
• Habitational surname from Abbotts Ann in Hampshire, named for the stream that runs through it, which is most probably named with an ancient Welsh word meaning "ash tree stream". Compare Welsh onn ("ash tree").