Thursday's Name Game

Name:  Anna

Gender:  Female
Character From:  Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Meanings and history of the name Anna:

• It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Anna is "He (God) has favored me".

Personal Experience:

• Surprisingly, for how common the name Anna is I don't know a single person named that.  What about you?

Places name Anna:

• Santa Anna, Texas
• Anna Maria Island, Florida
• Lake Anna, Virginia
• Anna, Ohio
• Anna, Illinois

Famous real-life people named Anna: 

• Anna Kournikova, tennis player/model
• Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina
• Anna Paquin, actress
• Anna Kendrick, American actress
• Anna Nicole Smith, model/actress
• Anna Roosevelt, U.S. First Lady in the 20th Century

Anna in song, story & screen:

• Anna Karenina in "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy
• Anna Fitzpatrick in "My Sister's Kepper" by Jodi Picoult and the movie of the same name.
• 'Anna Begins' by Counting Crows 
• 'Anna Blue' by Cyndi Lauper
• 'Anna Molly' by Incubus

List adapted from www.babynamewizard.com


These are just some I know...what about you?