Annah

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Annah is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name3.2K records spelled Annah9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, South Africa, Philippines, United States

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Anna'H, Annáh, Ánnah, Ännäh, Annåh

• French given name2.4K records spelled Annah4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, South Africa, United States, Nigeria

  Also written An-Nah, Äññäh, Ännãh

• English given name81 records spelled Annah11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Korea, Brazil, France

  Languages: English, Korean, Spanish

  Also written Ahna, 아나, Ah-Na, Åhńã

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Annah is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In aa, so (this way)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 80 years between 1888–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Annah Robinson Watsonb. 1848USAmerican author
• Annah MabidiZASouth African ecologist and limnologist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 152 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Annah?

We estimate roughly 2.2 thousand people bear Annah (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Annah have the most bearers?

Annah is most frequently recorded in Kenya, where it is most often spelled annah.

How common is Annah compared with other names?

In Kenya, Annah is the 118th most common given name of 51,773 given names recorded there.

Is Annah a male or female name?

Annah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.