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Ann vs Hannah - What's the difference?

ann | hannah |

As proper nouns the difference between ann and hannah

is that ann is name of a while hannah is mother of the prophet samuel in the old testament.

ann

English

Alternative forms

* Anne

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
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  • * 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.

    Related terms

    * Anita, Anna, Anne, Annette, Annie, Annika, Anya, Nan, Nance, Nancy, Nannie, Nanny

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Adjective

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    • Anagrams

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    hannah

    English

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • Mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament.
  • *
    • Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah , why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am I not better to thee than ten sons?
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  • * 1959 , Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories , Houghton Mifflin 1959, page 116
    • "What about Hannah Schreiber?"
    He smiled, flashing some gold in his mouth. "How do you like that name? She was only a girl, but she had an old lady's name. - - -
  • * 2002 (Kate Atkinson), Not the End of the World , Doubleday, ISBN 0385604726, page 33:
    • She could buy pretty clothes for a girl and plait her hair with ribbons. And she could call her a nice, old-fashioned, middle-class name like Sarah or Emma or Hannah .

    Related terms

    * Anna