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The origin of the name Anna is Greek

 

This is how Anna is written in Greek

Ἄννα = Anna

 

The  biblical meaning of the name Anna is grace.

 

Anna was a prophetess in Jerusalem at the time of the Lord’s presentation in the Temple. She was of the tribe of Asher

 

The name Anna appears in the bible in the following verse:

Luke 2:36 KJV
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;