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This article has been created by splitting content from Anna, which is a disambiguation page. SlackerMom ( talk) 13:24, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Anna meens Unique(one and only).One who invent this name before Hebrow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.2.67.177 ( talk) 20:41, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
I looked on another webaite that has the meaning of names... It said that the name "Anna" means "Grace"... Just want4ed to give you guys somemore info on this topic! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.186.208.6 ( talk) 00:00, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
It is grace, but I've noticed that it's been written as "graceful" a couple times throughout the article which is a bit of a misinterpretation. The "favour" or "grace" implied in the name is the grace or favour of God, rather than the personal attribute. Just thought I'd write this in case anyone was wondering why it had changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.221.73.9 ( talk) 06:40, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
It seems that Anne was also a male name; see Anne de Montmorency. Should we mention that? Surtsicna ( talk) 13:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Anne was not actually a male name, it was just common during that time to give female names to males as well as male names to females. Especially, it was common to spell the name the same but pronounce it differently. Such is the case for names like Phillip, which when given to a female, was pronounced like Phillipa. It was always written "Phillip," though. Anne was probably pronounced like Annio or Annius if the bearer was male. This practice is more a naming trend than an attribute of each name that was used in this trend. I do not think it needs to be addressed here. 207.98.195.107 ( talk) 21:15, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
A lot of other names have lists of people who have that name, such as Pierce or Karl. Shouldn't we have lists like this for the various names that redirect to this page? Sometimes people need to find real people or fictional characters, only knowing their first name and not who they were or where they were from. Lists help them by giving summaries of these people. Tyciol ( talk) 01:23, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Marina is not a form of name Anna. Marina is other female name - Marina (given name). And in Russian culture there's no name Marianna. Of course people can name their daughters by this name. But anyway it is not Slavic and Russian. -- RussianSpy ( talk) 12:50, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
While this is a popular restaurant chain, "Anna" is NOT a common variant or proper name for the goddess Lakshmi and as such, does not belong on the descriptor paragraph here. This is the article for the proper name "Anna". EBY ( talk) 22:10, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
Your 'oppinion' is not satisfactory. Site your references-- Stolen Vehicle ( talk) 01:38, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
There is no rule on Wikipedia that someone has to get permission from you before they put cited information in an article. Such a rule would clearly contradict Wikipedia:Be bold. There is guidance from ArbCom that removal of statements that are pertinent, sourced reliably, and written in a neutral style constitutes disruption. [1] Instead of removing cited work, you should be questioning uncited information. Stolen Vehicle ( talk) 11:09, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
Stolen Vehicle, you are clearly entrenched in your opinion and it's time to escalate this discussion to another level of resolution.
You are asserting that Anna is a minor name of Lakshmi and no one is arguing that. This article is about the PROPER NAME 'ANNA' and its meaning. The inclusion of Anna Lakshmi doesn't belong in it because it adds nothing to the general understanding of the name nor to the narrative of how its use has become popular, worldwide.
The proper place for that information is in the article about Lakshmi. Another place that may be helpful for Wikipedia users would e the disambiguation page for the name Anna. Finally, if a case can be made that this connection has added to the visibility of the usage of the name or the general association of it, that information could be included in the list on this page. EBY ( talk) 17:16, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
You still have no consensus for its inclusion. You can throw around WP:TEND all you want, but that is an essay, not policy. You have also completely misunderstood what tendentious editing is as you are the one who is doing the tendentious editing. Until you get consensus on this talk page for its inclusion, the material should not be in the article. Continued insertion is edit warring on your part. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 01:48, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
The article starts with origins of Anna being Latin form of Greek coming from Hebrew. I checked 6 latin- English dictionary and couldn't find any occurrence of Anna out of already being a first name, being related to the year, or to sail. When talking about origin of first name we don't usually consider where a name was already used as a name, but at what it meant in another language where it was taken from. I would suggest rephrasing that part of the article as it is misleading. Tatisse62 ( talk) 00:32, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
@ Bookworm857158367: Hello, you reverted my contribution with the reason "Non-English characters in an English article." ( https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Anna_%28name%29&type=revision&diff=1076811109&oldid=1076784198), however there are already variant forms listed in this article with non-English characters like حنا (Arabic) and ანა (Georgian). Also the article says the name Anna is used in Russian so I believe it should be mentioned that it is officially written in another alphabet as Анна because I think the official name is never Anna for Russian people (it is just an English translation). So I suggest to bring back my contribution. -- Baptx ( talk) 12:03, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
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This article has been created by splitting content from Anna, which is a disambiguation page. SlackerMom ( talk) 13:24, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Anna meens Unique(one and only).One who invent this name before Hebrow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.2.67.177 ( talk) 20:41, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
I looked on another webaite that has the meaning of names... It said that the name "Anna" means "Grace"... Just want4ed to give you guys somemore info on this topic! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.186.208.6 ( talk) 00:00, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
It is grace, but I've noticed that it's been written as "graceful" a couple times throughout the article which is a bit of a misinterpretation. The "favour" or "grace" implied in the name is the grace or favour of God, rather than the personal attribute. Just thought I'd write this in case anyone was wondering why it had changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.221.73.9 ( talk) 06:40, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
It seems that Anne was also a male name; see Anne de Montmorency. Should we mention that? Surtsicna ( talk) 13:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Anne was not actually a male name, it was just common during that time to give female names to males as well as male names to females. Especially, it was common to spell the name the same but pronounce it differently. Such is the case for names like Phillip, which when given to a female, was pronounced like Phillipa. It was always written "Phillip," though. Anne was probably pronounced like Annio or Annius if the bearer was male. This practice is more a naming trend than an attribute of each name that was used in this trend. I do not think it needs to be addressed here. 207.98.195.107 ( talk) 21:15, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
A lot of other names have lists of people who have that name, such as Pierce or Karl. Shouldn't we have lists like this for the various names that redirect to this page? Sometimes people need to find real people or fictional characters, only knowing their first name and not who they were or where they were from. Lists help them by giving summaries of these people. Tyciol ( talk) 01:23, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Marina is not a form of name Anna. Marina is other female name - Marina (given name). And in Russian culture there's no name Marianna. Of course people can name their daughters by this name. But anyway it is not Slavic and Russian. -- RussianSpy ( talk) 12:50, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
While this is a popular restaurant chain, "Anna" is NOT a common variant or proper name for the goddess Lakshmi and as such, does not belong on the descriptor paragraph here. This is the article for the proper name "Anna". EBY ( talk) 22:10, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
Your 'oppinion' is not satisfactory. Site your references-- Stolen Vehicle ( talk) 01:38, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
There is no rule on Wikipedia that someone has to get permission from you before they put cited information in an article. Such a rule would clearly contradict Wikipedia:Be bold. There is guidance from ArbCom that removal of statements that are pertinent, sourced reliably, and written in a neutral style constitutes disruption. [1] Instead of removing cited work, you should be questioning uncited information. Stolen Vehicle ( talk) 11:09, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
Stolen Vehicle, you are clearly entrenched in your opinion and it's time to escalate this discussion to another level of resolution.
You are asserting that Anna is a minor name of Lakshmi and no one is arguing that. This article is about the PROPER NAME 'ANNA' and its meaning. The inclusion of Anna Lakshmi doesn't belong in it because it adds nothing to the general understanding of the name nor to the narrative of how its use has become popular, worldwide.
The proper place for that information is in the article about Lakshmi. Another place that may be helpful for Wikipedia users would e the disambiguation page for the name Anna. Finally, if a case can be made that this connection has added to the visibility of the usage of the name or the general association of it, that information could be included in the list on this page. EBY ( talk) 17:16, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
You still have no consensus for its inclusion. You can throw around WP:TEND all you want, but that is an essay, not policy. You have also completely misunderstood what tendentious editing is as you are the one who is doing the tendentious editing. Until you get consensus on this talk page for its inclusion, the material should not be in the article. Continued insertion is edit warring on your part. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 01:48, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
The article starts with origins of Anna being Latin form of Greek coming from Hebrew. I checked 6 latin- English dictionary and couldn't find any occurrence of Anna out of already being a first name, being related to the year, or to sail. When talking about origin of first name we don't usually consider where a name was already used as a name, but at what it meant in another language where it was taken from. I would suggest rephrasing that part of the article as it is misleading. Tatisse62 ( talk) 00:32, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
@ Bookworm857158367: Hello, you reverted my contribution with the reason "Non-English characters in an English article." ( https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Anna_%28name%29&type=revision&diff=1076811109&oldid=1076784198), however there are already variant forms listed in this article with non-English characters like حنا (Arabic) and ანა (Georgian). Also the article says the name Anna is used in Russian so I believe it should be mentioned that it is officially written in another alphabet as Анна because I think the official name is never Anna for Russian people (it is just an English translation). So I suggest to bring back my contribution. -- Baptx ( talk) 12:03, 13 March 2022 (UTC)