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Anni
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anni ánni Anní Ānnī án-ni
Danish
Proper noun
da female Annie,Anna
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female Anna
Finnish
Etymology
fi :from Anna
Originally a Finnish pet form of fi Anna.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
fi 1840 Kanteletar:1:217 Kojo ja Anni folk poetry "Annas, Kolkko, Anniasi!" ¶ "Miksi sinulle Anniani?" ¶ "Kojon pojan puolisoksi." ¶ "Mull' on musta Annikkini." “Give me, Kolkko, your Anni!” ¶ “Why should I give you my Anni?” ¶ “To be the wife of Kojo's son.” ¶ “I have my own black Annikki.”
fi 1977 w:Marja-Leena Mikkola Anni Manninen 7–8 Otava 1979 9511046063 Hän harmitteli taas kerran sitä, että hänen nimensä oli Anni. Miksei Adelhaid? Tai edes Annina? Anni oli ollut mummon nimi, ja koska mummokin oli ollut punatukkainen, äiti oli lykännyt tuon arkipäiväisen nimen omalle tyttövauvalleen. She again lamented how her name was Anni. Why not Adelhaid? Or even Annina? Anni was what her grandmother had been called, and because she had been a redhead too, the mother had given this mundane name to her own baby daughter too.
Declension
Ann a
Trivia
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References
Anagrams
fi ainn Nina nain
German
Alternative forms
de Anny
Etymology
From a diminutive of de Anna.
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female
Greenlandic
Alternative forms
old orthography kl Áne
Etymology
Borrowed from kl da Ane.
Proper noun
kl proper noun
kl female Danish
Related terms
kl Aani
kl Anna
kl Ansu
References
Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, 978-87-990324-3-3
Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland
Norwegian Bokmål
Anni (given name)
Alternative forms
nb Annie Anny
Etymology
nb en Annie female given name, adapted in spelling. English en Annie is a pet form of en Ann and en Anne. The name ultimately derives from nb la-lat Anna female given name, from nb grc-koi Ἄννα Anna, from nb hbo חַנָּה grace, favour, from nb hbo חָנַן to be gracious, show favour.Gulbrand Alhaug, “Anni – kvinnenamn”, Store norske leksikon.Gulbrand Alhaug, “Anny – kvinnenamn”, Store norske leksikon.
The spelling was already in use in Norway in the 19th century.
Compare da Anni and sv Anni female given name.
Pronunciation
nb /¹anːi/ [ˈànːǐ]
nb anːi 2
nb Annie Anny
nb An ni
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female English < Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew Annie
Usage notes
nb Anni was already used in Norway in the 19th century and was particularly associated with Kristiania, Telemark and Finnmark.
In modern Norwegian usage, nb Anni is considerably less common than the alternative forms nb Annie and nb Anny.
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 466 women in Norway had nb Anni as their first given name as of 1 January 2026.Table 10501: “Personer, etter jentenavn og guttenavn 2013–2025”, Statistics Norway.
References
Anagrams
nb ainn Nina
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv
Proper noun
c
sv female Annie
Welsh
Pronunciation
cy /ˈanɨː/ cy-N
cy /ˈaniː/ cy-S
Proper noun
f
cy female
Mutation
References
Heini Gruffudd https://www.swansea.ac.uk/graduation/honoraryawards/honoraryawardsarchive/honoraryawards2013/heinigruffudd/ Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Enwau_Cymraeg_i_blant/vuWhRAAACAAJ?hl=en Y Lolfa 2010 18 9781847712196