ann
/æn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.35 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Hebrew.
noun
adj
Abbreviation of annual.
noun
noun
noun
Abbreviation of announcement, in e-mail or newsgroup subject lines.
Example Sentences
- "ramsden. When you say Ann, you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield. / tanner. I mean our Ann, your Ann, Tavy's Ann, and now, Heaven help me, my Ann!"
- "Given a perfectly good American name like Ann, she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea."
- ""Her full name is Annie Lou. Like calling herself a snooty white girl name like Ann makes up for it." "Must I remind you that Ann is also my middle name?""
- "“Trump proposes amnesty. We voted for Trump and got Jeb!” said Ann Coulter on Twitter, referring to former Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush."
Etymology
From Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ana, Anna, Anne, and Hannah.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /æn/
- British English: /æn/