Name
ANA

Name ANA

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 3,320,899 births of Ana in the countries below, which represents an average of 23,387 births of children bearing the first name Ana per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 5,132 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Ana   
In Italiano Nome Ana   
Available variants : Aňa , Âna
Variations : Anna , Änna


Information about the first name Ana

The first name Ana is listed in our categories :The first name Ana has been assigned to:
0.31% to boys
99.69% to girls
The country where the first name Ana is the most common is:
BR Brazil
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 3 letters including 2 vowels and 1 consonant

Anagrams of the first name Ana

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Ana : Aan, Naa, Nađa

Ana in Japanese *

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Katakanaアナ
Hiraganaあな
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Origin and meaning of name Ana

US English
Etymology src :
  • Formed from the Latin suffix -ana; compare ism (from -ism), itis (from -itis), phobia (from -phobia).
Etymology src :
  • From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “of each”).
Etymology src :
  • Clipping of anorexia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Ana as form of personification and coded language. Compare mia.
Etymology src :
  • Ancient Greek; see ana-.
Etymology src :
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • ana (plural anas)
  • A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
  • 1803, publisher's advertisement in Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson, Page 8
  • The FRENCH ANAS, or Selections from the best of the French Anas, interspersed with biographical sketches. In three elegant Volumes, small 8vo. price 15s. boards
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈænə/, /ˈɑnə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɑːnə/
  • Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə
Etymology (Adverb) src :
  • ana (not comparable)
  • (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity.
  • wine and honey, ana [or contracted to aa] / ij
  • of wine and honey, each, two ounces
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈænə/
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • ana (uncountable)
  • (Internet, slang) Anorexia (used especially by the pro-ana movement).
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈænə/
Etymology (Adverb) src :
  • ana (comparative more ana, superlative most ana)
  • In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈænə/
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • ana (plural anas)
  • Alternative form of anna (“a former subdivision of the rupee”)
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈænə/
Anagrams src :
  • A.A.N., Aan, naa
Anagrams src :
  • A.A.N., Aan, naa
Noun src :
  • Ana pl (plural only)
  • A Yoruba subgroup living in Benin and Togo.
Noun src :
  • ANA (plural ANAs)
  • (biology) Initialism of anti-nuclear antibody.
  • (UK) Initialism of animal nursing assistant.
Proper noun src :
  • ANA
  • (sports) Abbreviation of Anaheim.
  • (military) Initialism of Afghan National Army.
  • (aviaiton) Initialism of All Nippon Airways.
  • (Australia, aviation, historical) Initialism of Australian National Airways.
  • (US, medicine) Initialism of American Nurses Association.
Noun (Synonyms) src :
  • (anti-nuclear antibody): ANF (anti-nuclear factor)
Proper noun (Coordinate terms) src :
  • (American Nurses Association): AMA (American Medical Association)
  • (All Nippon Airways): JAL (Japan Air Lines)
General
Adverb src :
  • ana
  • (medicine) ana (in equal quantities)
Proper noun src :
  • Ana
  • A female given name, equivalent to English Ann in many languages.
  • A Niger-Congo language spoken by the Ana people.
  • Synonym: Ifè
  • A river in Oregon, United States; named for the daughter of surveyor W. H. Byars.
ES Spanish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה‎.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈana/ [ˈa.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: A‧na
Proper noun src :
  • Ana f
  • a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Ann, Anna, or Hannah
  • Hannah (Biblical figure)
  • Anna (Biblical prophetess)
ID Indonesian
Etymology src :
  • From Arabic أَنَا‎ (ʔanā), from Proto-Semitic *ʾanāku, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku.
Pronoun src :
  • ana
  • (colloquial) Synonym of saya
  • (colloquial) Synonym of aku
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ana/
  • Rhymes: -ana, -na, -a
Pronoun (Usage notes) src :
  • Usually used by Arab descendants, Arabs or Islamic scholars and preacher in Islamic teaching community.
Wolof
Adverb src :
  • ana
  • (interrogative) where is, how are
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.na/
Adverb (See also) src :
  • fan
Adverb (Usage notes) src :
  • This word functions as a phrase, so no verb is needed.
Malay
Pronoun src :
  • ana (Jawi spelling انا‎)
  • I (personal pronoun)
  • me (direct object of a verb)
  • me (object of a preposition)
  • me (indirect object of a verb)
  • my (belonging to me)
Pronunciation src :
  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /anə/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ana/
  • Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə
PT Portuguese
Etymology src :
  • From Old Galician-Portuguese Ana, from Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה‎. Doublet of Ane and Hanna.
Alternative forms src :
Pronunciation src :
  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
  • Hyphenation: A‧na
Proper noun src :
  • Ana f (plural Anas)
  • a female given name, equivalent to English Ann, Anna, or Anne
Icelandic
Pronunciation src :
  • Rhymes: -aːna
Verb src :
  • ana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative anaði, supine anað)
  • to rush on, barge into
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
  • From German ahnen.
Noun src :
  • ana c
  • (genealogy) ancestor, forefather
  • Synonym: förfader
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /²ɑːna/
Verb src :
  • ana (present anar, preterite anade, supine anat, imperative ana)
  • to have a feeling that something will happen, has happened or is in a certain way, without really having firm reason for the belief
  • to see, make out, discern (with difficulty)
Verb (Derived terms) src :
  • aning
  • ana oråd
  • ana ugglor i mossen
  • det ante mig
Turkish
Etymology src :
  • From Ottoman Turkish آننه‎, انا‎, from Proto-Turkic *ana (“mother”), *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ana).
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • ana
  • dative singular of an
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /aːna/
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • ana
  • main
  • fundamental
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • ana (definite accusative anayı, plural analar)
  • (regional, childish, law) mother
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /a.na/
RO Romanian
Proper noun src :
  • Ana f (genitive/dative Anei)
  • a female given name, equivalent to English Ann, Anna or Anne
CZ Czech
Pronoun src :
  • ana
  • (archaic) Alternative form of ona
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈana]
Irish
Etymology src :
  • From Old Irish anai m pl (“wealth, riches, prosperity”).
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • ana m (genitive singular ana)
  • (literary) wealth, prosperity
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • ana f (genitive singular ana, nominative plural anaí)
  • spell of fine weather
Old High German
Etymology src :
  • Equivalent to a feminine form of ano (“grandfather”), related to Proto-Germanic *anô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-. Akin to Latin anus (“old woman”), Old Prussian ane (“grandmother”), etc.
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-West Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic *ana, whence also Old English on, Old Norse á.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • ana f
  • grandmother
Etymology (Adverb) src :
  • ana
  • onwards
Etymology (Preposition) src :
  • ana
  • at
  • on
Scots
Adverb src :
  • ana (not comparable)
  • Alternative form of an a'
 

Popularity of the name Ana

Number of ANA births per year

Popularity of the name Ana
Popularity of the name Ana

Total births of Ana by country

Births with the first name Ana
Country
Boys
Girls
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
10,135
3,079,730
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
224
103,845
ESSpain
2002 - 2021
0
42,186
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
24,777
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
0
15,262
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
0
12,121
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
1
7,539
SISlovenia
1992 - 2022
0
6,671
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
0
2,665
CLChili
2010 - 2021
0
2,336
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
1,710
HRCroatia
2018 - 2022
0
1,580
NONorway
1945 - 2022
0
1,408
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
0
1,395
MXMexico
2017 - 2021
0
1,303
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
0
1,147
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
0
917
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
0
879
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
1
512
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
0
482
MDMoldova
2016 - 2022
0
377
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
0
370
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
324
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
0
247
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
0
202
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
0
175
SESweden
1998 - 2022
0
139
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
112
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
2
94
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
0
28
LVLatvia
2015 - 2022
0
2
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
0
1
Popularity of the name Ana

Total births of Ana by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Ana
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
0
1,372
ESSpain
2021
0
1,047
PTPortugal
2022
0
538
FRFrance
2022
0
381
MXMexico
2021
0
313
ARArgentina
2015
0
294
HRCroatia
2022
0
246
DEGermany
2022
0
233
CLChili
2021
0
214
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
0
108
SISlovenia
2022
0
91
BEBelgium
2022
0
61
CHSwitzerland
2021
0
59
ATAustria
2021
0
44
ONOntario
2019
0
20
NZNew Zealand
2022
0
18
IEIreland
2022
0
16
ITItaly
2021
0
15
SESweden
2022
0
13
QCQuebec
2022
0
12
NONorway
2022
0
10
PLPoland
2022
0
8
BCBritish Columbia
2022
0
7
DKDenmark
2022
0
7
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
0
3
ABAlberta
2022
0
2

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Personalities with the first name Ana

There are 321 personalities with the first name Ana

Ana Ivanović src

Serbia
Model Tennis player

Ana Brnabić src

Serbia
Politician Economist

Anne Hidalgo (Ana María Hidalgo Aleu) src

Spain France
Politician

Ana De Armas (Ana Celia De Armas Caso) src

Spain Cuba
Actor Film actor

Ana Konjuh src

Croatia
Tennis player

Ana Blandiana src

Romania
Writer Poet Journalist Children's writer Essayist

Ana Beatriz Barros src

Brazil
Model

Ana Pauker (Hannah Rabinsohn) src

Romania
Teacher Politician Translator

Ana Aslan src

Romania
Physician Inventor Biologist University teacher Gerontologist

Ana Belén (María Del Pilar Cuesta Acosta) src

Spain
Actor Singer Stage actor Film actor


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Ana
Full list of personalities with the first name Ana

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Ana

There are 3761 actors and actresses with the first name Ana
Ana García
Ana Kumari
Ana Milena Gajic
Ana Pau
Ana Sanchez
Ana Rose
Ana Beatriz Cisneiros
Ana Markoski
Ana Mena
Ana Golja
Ana Valeria
Ana Marta Ferreira
Ana Marco
Ana Mulvoy Ten
Ana Rita Machado
Ana Luiza
Ana Parks
Ana Lorena Sánchez
Ana Flavia Gavlak
Ana Fernández
Ana Stojanovska
Ana Rujas
Ana Roshelle Diaz
Ana Parejo
Ana Girardot
Ana De Armas
Ana Guiomar
Ana Mackenzie
Ana Maria Velez
Ana Varela

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Ana
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Ana

Rankings of first name ANA by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name ANA (male) births over the last year available in each country
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#12HR Croatia2022
#17PT Portugal2022
#20SI Slovenia2022
#30ES Spain2021
#70AR Argentina2015
#72CL Chili2021
#138CH Switzerland2021
#157FR France2022
#157BE Belgium2022
#160AT Austria2021
#208US United State of America2022
#228MX Mexico2021
#237NZ New Zealand2022
#262DE Germany2022
#282IE Ireland2022
#347NO Norway2022
#414GB United Kingdom2021
#421QC Quebec2022
#430PL Poland2022
#465DK Denmark2022
#514SE Sweden2022
#539BC British Columbia2022
#571CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#571ON Ontario2019
#728IT Italy2021
#2193AB Alberta2022
Other boys' names around Ana
AMYRISAMYTHYAAMZAAMZADAMZANAMZARAMZIAMZIEAMZINAMZO ANA ANAAANAADANAADBIRANAAFANAAFIANAAHADBIRANAANANAASANAAYANAB

Other girls' names around Ana
AMYTICEAMYTISAMYYAMZELHYNAMZETTAAMZEYAMZHELINAMZIATUAMZIEAMZY ANA AŇAÂNAANAAANAABIAANAABIYAANAADANAADYANAAFUAANAAHANAAHAT

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