Ann
This English spelling of Anna belongs to fewer than 200 women in Poland, so most people here have never met one. It comes from Hebrew and means grace.
Ann Pronunciation
Ann is pronounced AHNN (/ann/).
What Ann means
Where Ann comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ann begins in Hebrew, in the name Channah, which meant grace. The form travelled into English long ago, and English is where most people now place it, tied to Saint Anne, by tradition the mother of Mary. Poland kept a fuller cousin, Hanna, holding the old breathy H that Ann later dropped.
The short meaning stayed close to the source. Grace here is not politeness or poise. It is the older sense of favour, something given rather than earned. Polish says it plainly: łaska.
In a Warsaw class register the name rarely stands alone. A girl signed as Ann is Ania to her friends, Anka on the pitch, Andzia to a grandmother, Hania in a quieter mood. Each form points back to the same root.
Short and worn smooth, Ann survives on brevity, three letters holding the old meaning of grace.
How many people are named Ann
1 in 124552 women in Poland is named Ann. 181 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2361 among female names.
Ann as a middle name
Ann is a first name for 181 women in Poland and a middle name for another 1,150, a 14/86 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 239th, between Kamilla (1,154) and Samanta (1,129).
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#237 Roma1,155
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#238 Kamilla1,154
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#239 Ann1,150
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#240 Samanta1,129
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#241 Marcjanna1,126