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“grace, gracious”
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/ˈɛnə/ · German
01 / Meaning & origin
Änne is a feminine given name documented in German. English Wiktionary traces it to Low German Änneke via Middle High German and Swiss German. It is a form of Anna, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “grace, gracious”.
Meaning: “grace, gracious”
From Anne, Anna. Perhaps backformed from diminutives such as Middle High German Ennechin (modern Ännchen), Alemannic German Änneli, and/or Low German Änneke.
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Anne— “grace”
St. Anne became the patron saint of Prague, where a prodigious festival is yearly holden in her honour, and great are the rejoicings of all the females who hear her name, and who are not a few. It was from Prague that the Bohemian princess, Anne of Luxemburg, brought it to England, and gave it to her name-child, Anne Mortimer, by whom it was carried to the house of York, then to the Howards, from them to Anne Boleyn, and thereby became an almost party word in England.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter III (Israelite Names), Section V (Names from Chaanach) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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