Meaning: Grace and favor — effortless elegance and divine blessing
Origin: Latin and Greek form of Hannah — from Hebrew Channah (חַנָּה), meaning grace or favor
Gender: Girl
Rank in Ireland: #28
Total births: 12,102
History: Anna has a long history in Ireland, from the Anna Livia Plurabelle of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, personifying the River Liffey, to Anna Parnell who founded the Ladies' Land League in 1881. The name flows through Irish literary and political history like the Liffey itself.
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