Anne
From Hebrew, the name carries the sense of grace. It stays rare in Poland: only a few hundred women hold it, so most Poles have never met one.
Anne Pronunciation
Anne is pronounced AHN-ne (/ˈannɛ/).
What Anne means
Where Anne comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Anne comes from the Hebrew Channah, a word for grace, or favor freely given. French and English speakers made it their own long ago. Anne of Brittany wore it as a twice-crowned queen, and Anne Boleyn carried it into the center of Tudor history. The name traveled far from its Hebrew root and kept its meaning intact.
In Poland the same root branches out. Anna is the fuller variant, Hanna the form that keeps the old breath of the Hebrew H. From there come the smaller names: Ania and Hania for a child, Anka among friends, Andzia for the very young. One root, many doors.
On the twenty-sixth of July the calendar marks Anna, after Saint Anne, and a girl written down as Anne on a school register might well be counted in when the imieniny comes around. Grace is what the name has meant from the start, and grace is what it means now.
How many people are named Anne
1 in 53295 women in Poland is named Anne. 429 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1433 among female names.
Anne's popularity over time
3 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1187 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Anne as a middle name
Anne is a first name for 429 women in Poland and a middle name for another 829, a 34/66 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 264th, between Inez (839) and Manuela (819).
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#263 Inez839
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#264 Anne829
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#265 Manuela819
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#266 Pamela809