Anne

Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie.

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'. It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton).

Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead:.

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 alphabetical 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 Aallonen (born 1967), Finnish-born Hong Kong professional tennis player
 * Anne Abayasekara (1925–2015), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist
 * Anne Applebaum (born 1964), American journalist
 * Anne Archer (born 1947), American actress
 * Anne Askew (1521–1546), English writer, poet, and Protestant martyr
 * Anne Bancroft (1931–2005), American actress
 * Anne Bailey Colombo (born 1997), American soccer player
 * Anne Baxter (1923–1985), American actress
 * Anne Lilia Berge Strand (born 1977), Norwegian singer-songwriter, known as "Annie"
 * Anne Berthelot (born 1957), French professor of Medieval literature studies
 * Anne-Grethe Leine Bientie (born 1954), Norwegian writer and psalmist
 * Anne Bonny (disappeared after 28 November 1720), female pirate
 * Anne Bosworth (1868–1907), American mathematician
 * 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 Bradstreet (1612–1672), America's first published poet
 * Anne Brontë (1820–1849), British novelist and poet
 * Anne Isabella Byron, Baroness Byron (1792–1860), British peer, wife of Lord Byron
 * Anne Byrn (born 1956), American cookbook author
 * Anne Carson (born 1950), Canadian poet, essayist, and translator
 * Anne Chislett (born 1942), Canadian playwright
 * Anne Cox Chambers (1919–2020), American media proprietor and billionaire
 * Anne V. Coates (1925–2018), British film editor
 * Anne Consigny (born 1963), French actress
 * Anne Conway (disambiguation), several people
 * Anne Haney Cross (born 1956), American neurologist and neuroimmunologist
 * Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918), American writer
 * Anne Curtis (born 1985), Filipina actress and host
 * Anne Dacier (1654–1720), French scholar and translator of the classics
 * Anne Seymour Damer (1749–1828), English sculptor
 * Anne Daw, Australian environmental activist
 * Anne DeGrace, Canadian fiction writer and illustrator
 * Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (born 1960), Belgian choreographer
 * Anne Desclos (1907–1998), French journalist and novelist
 * Anne Diamond (born 1954), British journalist and broadcaster
 * Anne Distel (born 1947), French curator and art critic
 * Anne Donovan (born 1961), American basketball player and coach
 * Anne Dudek (born 1975), American actress
 * Anne Dudley (born 1956), English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician
 * Anne Émond (born 1982), Canadian film director and screenwriter
 * Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824), German nun, mystic and stigmatic
 * Anne Fletcher (born 1966), American choreographer and film director
 * Anne Stella Fomumbod, Cameroonian women's rights activist
 * Anne Fontaine (born 1959), French film director, screenwriter, and actress
 * Anne Francine (1917–1999), American actress and cabaret singer
 * Anne Francis (1930–2011), American actress
 * Anne Frank (1929–1945), German-Dutch diarist and Holocaust victim
 * Anne Geddes (born 1956), Australian photographer and businesswoman
 * Anne Golon (1921–2017), French author
 * Anne P. Graham, American politician
 * Anne Grant (1755–1838), Scottish poet, author
 * Anne Griffin (writer) (fl 2013 –), Irish short story writer and novelist
 * Anne Haney (1934–2001), American actress
 * Anne Hathaway (1556–1623), wife of William Shakespeare
 * Anne Hathaway (born 1982), American actress
 * Anne Hébert (1916–2000), Canadian author and poet
 * Anne Heche (1969–2022), American actress
 * Anne Hegerty (born 1958), English quizzer and television personality
 * Anne Heggtveit (born 1939), Canadian alpine skier
 * Anne Henning (born 1955), American speed skater
 * Anne Hidalgo (born 1959), French politician, Mayor of Paris
 * Anne Grete Holmsgaard (born 1948), Danish energy expert and politician
 * Anne Holt (born 1958), Norwegian author, lawyer and former Minister of Justice
 * Anne Hugon (born 1965), French historian and Africanist
 * Anne Hutchinson (1591–1643), American religious dissenter
 * Anne Hyde (1637–1671), Duchess of York
 * Anne Jackson (1925–2016), American actress
 * Anne Jeffreys (1923–2017), American actress and singer
 * Anne Judkins (born 1964), New Zealand race walker
 * Anne Keothavong (born 1983), British tennis player
 * Anne Kirkbride (1954–2015), English soap actress
 * Anne Kremer (born 1975), Luxembourgish tennis player
 * Anne Osborn Krueger (born 1934), American economist, deputy director of the IMF
 * Anne La Flamme, New Zealand immunologist
 * Anne L'Huillier (born 1958), French-Swedish physicist
 * Anne Louhelainen (born 1965), Finnish politician
 * Anne Margiste (born 1942), Estonian actress
 * Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001), American author and aviator
 * Anne Birgitte Lundholt (born 1952), Danish politician and businessperson
 * Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011), American-born Irish science fiction and fantasy writer
 * Anne Hazen McFarland (1868–1930), American physician, editor
 * Anne Meara (1929–2005), American actress and comedian
 * Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627–1693), French memoirist
 * Anne Shannon Monroe (1873–1942), American writer
 * Anne Murray (born 1945), Canadian singer
 * Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 1963), German violinist
 * Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker (1766–1817), French writer and philosopher, known as Madame de Staël
 * Anne Sofie von Otter (born 1955), Swedish mezzo-soprano
 * Anne Parillaud (born 1960), French actress
 * Anne Peichert (born 1996), French singer, songwriter and actress, known as Louane Emera
 * Anne Perry (1938–2023), English author
 * Anne C. Perry, American politician
 * Anne Peyroche, French biologist and geneticist
 * Anne Provoost (born 1964), Flemish author
 * Anne Quemere (born 1966), French sailor
 * Anne Ramsey (1929–1988), American actress
 * Anne Reid (born 1935), English actress
 * Anne Revere (1903–1990), American actress
 * Anne Rice (1941–2021), American author
 * Anne Royall (1769–1854), American journalist
 * Anne Schedeen (born 1949), American television actress
 * Anne Schilling, American mathematician
 * Anne Sexton (1928–1974), American poet
 * Anne Shirley (1918–1993), American actress
 * Anne Simpson, Canadian poet
 * Anne Smith (disambiguation), several people
 * Anne Steele (1717–1778), English hymnwriter, essayist
 * Anne Sullivan (1866–1936), American teacher and companion of Helen Keller
 * Anne Sweeney (born 1957), American businesswoman, co-chair of Disney Media
 * Lady Anne Tree (1927–2010), British philanthropist and prison visitor
 * Anne Thorius (born 1977), Danish basketballer
 * Anne Tyler (born 1941), American writer and literary critic
 * Anne Veski (born 1956), Estonian pop singer
 * Anne Watanabe 渡辺杏 (Anne/杏) (born 1986), Japanese model and actress, known as "Anne"
 * Anne Winters (actress) (born 1994), American actress
 * Anne Wizorek (born 1981), German journalist, author and feminist
 * Anne Wood (singer) (1907–1998), British mezzo-soprano and opera administrator
 * Anne Wood (born 1937), English children's television producer
 * Anne Wolden-Ræthinge (1929–2016), Danish biographer, journalist and writer
 * Anne Woolliams (1926–1999), English artistic director, ballet choreographer, dancer and teacher

Ann

 * Ann (singer) (born 1991), Taiwanese singer-songwriter
 * Ann Bancroft (born 1955), American author, teacher, adventurer and public speaker
 * Ann Beddingfield (1742–1763), English murderer
 * Ann Bollin (born 1960), American politician
 * Ann Brashares (born 1967), American YA author
 * Ann Cashion, American chef
 * Ann R. Chaintreuil (born 1947), American architect
 * Ann Mary Butler Crittenden Coleman (1813–1891), American author, translator
 * Ann Curry (born 1956), American journalist
 * Ann Davison (sailor) (1913–1992), author and sailor
 * Ann Davison (politician), American attorney and politician
 * Ann Donahue, television writer
 * Ann Druyan (born 1949), American writer and producer
 * Ann Dunham (1942–1995), American anthropologist
 * Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1625–1680), English memoirist and cookery author
 * Ann Flagg (1924–1970), African-American playwright, stage actress and drama teacher
 * Ann Flora Froude Flashman (1911–1961), Australian veterinarian
 * Ann Fredericks, American politician
 * Ann Getty (1941–2020), American philanthropist
 * Ann Gillen, American artist
 * Ann James (born 1952), Australian artist
 * Ann James (artist) (1925–2011), English-born Canadian artist and educator
 * Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789–1826), American foreign missionary
 * Ann E. Kelley (1954–2007), American neuroscientist
 * Ann Kenrick (born 1958), British charity worker
 * Ann Lambert (born 1957), Canadian author and playwright
 * Ann Lamont, American venture capitalist
 * Ann Landers (1918–2002), pen name of American advice columnist Ruth Crowley and later, Esther Pauline Lederer
 * Ann Lee (1736–1784), English church leader
 * Ann Lewis Hamilton, American television producer and writer
 * Ann Linde (born 1961), Swedish politician, government minister from 2016 to 2022
 * Ann-Margret (born 1941), Swedish-American actress, singer and dancer
 * Ann Marks (1941–2016), British physicist and science communicator
 * Ann M. Martin (born 1955), American children's author, known best for the Baby-sitters Club series
 * Ann Matlack, American politician
 * Ann McCrory (born 1956), First Lady of North Carolina
 * Ann McMullan (1923–2006), Director of the Electrical Association for Women
 * Ann Miller (1923–2004), American dancer, singer and actress
 * Ann Watt Milne (1856 - no earlier than 1928), Scottish social reformer, temperance leader
 * Ann Mitchell (born 1939), British stage and television actress
 * Ann Nardulli (1948–2018), American endocrinologist
 * Ann Petry (1908–1997), American author and journalist
 * Ann Pratt (born c. 1830), Jamaican author about Kingston Lunatic Asylum
 * Ann Putnam Jr. (1679–1716), witness at the Salem Witch Trials
 * Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823), English author and pioneer of the Gothic subgenre
 * Ann Reinking (1949–2020), American actor, dancer, and choreographer
 * Ann Richards (1933–2006), American politician
 * Ann Romney (born 1949), wife of American businessman and politician, Mitt Romney
 * Ann E. Rondeau, American Navy admiral
 * Ann Rule (1931–2015), American author
 * Ann Sarnoff (born c. 1962), American businesswoman
 * Ann London Scott (1929–1975), American feminist
 * Ann Smith (activist) (fl. 1682–1686), English political activist
 * Ann Eliza Smith (1819–1905), American author
 * Ann Sothern (1909–2001), American actress
 * Ann Sullivan (animator) (1929–2020), American animator
 * Ann Syrdal (1945–2020), American psychologist and researcher
 * Ann Tahincioğlu (born 1956), Turkey's first female car racing driver
 * Ann Ter-Pogossian (1932–2022), American artist
 * Ann Thongprasom (born 1976), Thai film and television actress, host and producer
 * Ann Welch (1917–2002), gliding, hang gliding, paragliding and microlight flying pilot
 * Ann Widdecombe (born 1947), British politician, author and television personality
 * Ann Wilson (born 1950), American musician
 * Ann Winsborn (born 1981), Swedish singer-songwriter

As a masculine name

 * Anna of East Anglia (died 653/54), king of East Anglia
 * Anne Bignan (1795–1861), French poet and translator
 * Anne van der Bijl (1928–2022), Dutch Christian missionary
 * Anne Casimir Pyrame de Candolle (1836–1918), Swiss botanist
 * Anne Claude de Caylus (1692–1765), French antiquarian and proto-archaeologist
 * Anne Danican Philidor (1681–1728), French musician, composer, founder, Concert Spirituel Tuileries
 * Anne Hamilton (1709–1748), Scottish nobleman
 * Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell (1783–1864), French admiral
 * Anne du Bourg (1521–1559), French magistrate
 * Anne d'Escars de Givry (1546–1612), French Benedictine cardinal
 * Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767–1824), French Romantic painter
 * Anne de Joyeuse (c.1560–1587), French admiral during the French Wars of Religion
 * Anne Louis Henri de La Fare (1752–1829), French Roman Catholic cardinal and counter-revolutionary
 * Anne de Montmorency (1493–1567), constable of France, soldier, statesman, and diplomat
 * Anne Mulder (born 1969), Dutch politician
 * Anne de Noailles (d. 1678), first Duke of Noailles
 * Anne Poulett (1711–1785), British Member of Parliament
 * Anne Jean Marie René Savary (1774–1833), French general and diplomat
 * Anne Hilarion de Tourville (1642–1701), French naval commander, Marshal of France
 * Anne Sjerp Troelstra (1939–2019), Dutch mathematician and logician
 * Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727–1781), French economist and statesman
 * Anne Vermeer (1916–2018), Dutch politician
 * Anne Vondeling (1916–1979), Dutch politician
 * Anne de Vries (1904–1964), Dutch writer from Drenthe

Fictional characters

 * Ann, in the Story of Seasons video game franchise
 * Ann, a hunter in the video game Identity V
 * Anne Boonchuy, from the American animated TV series Amphibia
 * Anne Brookes, on the American TV sitcom The Ropers
 * Ann Darrow, in the films King Kong (1933) and King Kong (2005)
 * Anne Elliot, in Jane Austen's Persuasion
 * Anne Garland, in Thomas Hardy's The Trumpet-Major
 * Anne Glass, in the American TV series Falling Skies
 * Anne Kirrin, the youngest of the four cousins in Enid Blyton's The Famous Five novels
 * Anne Lester, a survivor in the video game Identity V
 * Anne Lewis, in the Robocop franchise
 * Anne Maria, from the Canadian animated TV series Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
 * Anne Page, from William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor
 * Ann Perkins, from the American television series Parks and Recreation
 * Ann Possible, character in the animated series Kim Possible
 * Anne Shirley, in Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables
 * Ann Takamaki, one of the main characters from video game Persona 5
 * Raggedy Ann, rag doll in Johnny Gruelle's books, 1918 onwards
 * Rebecca Anne "Annie" January, one of the main characters in The Boys franchise