Female name
When is Anna’s name day?
Άννα · Anna
Main name day
Dormition of Saint Anne
The Greek name Άννα (Anna) is celebrated on 25 July.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Saint AnneMother of the Theotokos and wife of Saint Joachim.According to Church tradition, Anne and Joachim were the parents of the Theotokos.Read more
- Saint JoachimFather of the Theotokos and husband of Saint Anne.Joachim belonged to the tribe of Judah and was a descendant of David; he lived as a private citizen in Jerusalem. He married Anne, daughter of a priest from the tribe of Levi, but the couple remained childless into old age.Read more
Variants and other forms
- Other Greek forms and diminutives
- Αννούλα, Αννέτα
- In Latin letters
- Anna
- English equivalents
- Anna, Anne, Hannah
- In Greek
- Άννα