Anne vs Annabel - What's the difference?
anne | annabel |
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* 1380s-1390s , :
* 1860 Mrs Henry Wood (Ellen Wood): East Lynne . Kessinger Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0192804626 page 29:
* 1908 Lucy Maud Montgomery: Anne of the Green Gables
* 1849 , :
As a noun anne
is year.As a proper noun annabel is
.anne
English
Etymology 1
The French spelling of (Ann), used interchangeably since the Middle Ages. From Vulgate (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , from the (etyl) female name {{m, he, ???, ??????, tr=Hannah), meaning 'grace; gracious'. Compare with (John).Proper noun
(Annes)- Immortal God, that savedest Susanne / From false blame; and thou merciful maid, / Mary I mean, the daughter to Saint Anne , /Before whose child the angels sing Osanne,
- "What do you think they are going to name the baby? Anne ; after her and her mamma. So very ugly a name!"
- "I don't think so," said Mr Carlyle. "It is simple and unpretending. I like it much. Look at the long, pretentious names in our family - Archibald! Cornelia! And yours, too - Barbara! What a mouthful they all are!"
- "But if you call me Anne' please call me ' Anne spelled with an e."
- "What difference does it make how it's spelled?" asked Marilla with another rusty smile as she picked up the teapot.
- "Oh, it makes such'' a difference. It ''looks so much nicer. When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can, and A-n-n looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished."
Usage notes
* The popularity of the name originates in the medieval cult of Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary.Etymology 2
A shortened form of any of various Germanic masculine names which began with arn'' (''eagle ), such as Arnold.Anagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologies ----annabel
English
Proper noun
(s)- I was a child and she was a child, / In this kingdom by the sea: / But we loved with a love that was more than love — / I and my Annabel Lee;