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Anny
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anny Anný
English
Proper noun
en Annie.
Danish
Proper noun
da female Annie
German
Proper noun
de proper noun f genitive Annys or Anny
de female Anni
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
nb Anni Annie
nb Enny early Norwegian spelling based on the English pronunciation
Etymology
nb en Anny female given name, a dated spelling variant of en Annie, originally a pet form of en Ann and en Anne. Ultimately from nb la-lat Anna female given name, from nb grc-koi Ἄννα Anna, from nb hbo חַנָּה Ḥannāh Hannah; grace, favour. 19th c.Gulbrand Alhaug, “Anny – kvinnenamn”, Store norske leksikon.
Compare da Anny and sv Anny female given name.
Pronunciation
nb /¹anːi/ [ˈànːǐ]
nb anːi 2
nb Anni Annie
nb An ny
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female English < Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew Annie
Usage notes
The Norwegian name day for nb Anny is 13 August, shared with nb Anine and nb Ann.
nb Anny was already used in Norway in the 19th century and was particularly common in Troms during that period. English two-syllable female names ending in -y, -ie or -i, including nb Anny and nb Annie, had their main Norwegian popularity period around 1915–1924.
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 1,489 women in Norway had nb Anny as their first given name as of 1 January 2026.Table 10501: “Personer, etter jentenavn og guttenavn 2013–2025”, Statistics Norway.
References
Kruken, Kristoffer and Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget.
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
pl proper noun form
pl Anna nom//acc//voc p ; gen s
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Anny.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female Annie