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Angela vs Ann - What's the difference?

angela | ann |

As proper nouns the difference between angela and ann

is that angela is (female given name) while ann is name of a.

angela

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * : III:iii:56
  • Faire Angela (quoth she) men do her call, / No whit lesse faire, then terrible in fight: / She hath the leading of a Martiall / And mighty people, dreaded more then all / The other Saxons, which do for her sake / And love, themselves of her name Angles call.
  • * 1996 Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes . HarperCollins. ISBN 0 00 649840 X Chapter I, page 5:
  • And the child was named Angela for the Angelus which rang the midnight hour, the New Year, the minute of her coming and because she was a little angel anyway.
  • *::: ibid., page 39:
  • The man says his name is Mr. Dimino and that's his wife, Angela', behind the counter. I tell him that's my mother's name. No kiddin', kid. Your mother is '''Angela'''? I didn't know the Irish had any ' Angelas .

    Usage notes

    * Name of an Italian 15th/16th century . In general use in English since the 18th century.

    Anagrams

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    ann

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Anne

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1903 , Man and Superman : Act I:
  • RAMSDEN . When you say Ann , you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield.
    TANNER''. I mean our Ann''', your '''Ann''', Tavy's '''Ann''', and now, Heaven help me, my ' Ann .
  • * 1969 Constance Urdang, Natural History , Harper&Row 1969, page 61:
  • Given a perfectly good American name like Ann , she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.
  • * 2005 , In Sheep's Clothing , Dafina Books, ISBN 0758203446, page 129:
  • "Her full name is Annie Lou. Like calling herself a snooty white girl name like Ann makes up for it."
    "Must I remind you that Ann is also my middle name?"

    Usage notes

    * Popular since fourteenth century due to the medieval cult of Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary. * A very common middle name since the 20th century.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Adjective

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  • Anagrams

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