Anna

[Kotek]

Am now seriously considering this as a first name for dd. DP's surname is Holmes. DP thinks it is possibly a little plain and does not go so well with the one syllable surname. He likes Amelie best. Thanks for any thoughts.

Very nice but Amelie is one of my favourite names.

Anna is classical and pretty.

Love Anna.

Excellent name - and no one ever shortens it to anything daft.

I have one too- Anna Claire.

I have managed to persuade DP to go with Anna. I hope dd does not grow up to think it is too boring!! Are the Anna's you know happy with their names?

Surprised at all the positive comments.

I've always thought Anna is a bit nothingy and meh, myself.

(Oops, sorry, bad timing, didn't see last post!)

It's a nice enough, inoffensive name.

Anna is a fab name. The only reason I'm not considering it is that it is in the top 100, which is a shame. Having said that, I don't think it is very popular.

DD1 is Anna - she's the only one in her primary school

Her nickname is Anna Panna!!

I love the name Anna. Very nearly called my (8 wk old) DD this.

Love it, DS would have been Anna if he had been a DD. And we have a boring surname too. Don't like Amelie. Well don't dislike it, but it has exploded since that film. Anna more timeless.

Anna is a gorgeous name. We would probably go for it except that it doesn't go that brilliantly with our surname which is a real shame.

Anna is truly a beautiful name. could not use it myself cos I have SIL of similar name.

Lovely name - it would have been on our list, but doesn't work with our DDs' surname.

This is a very, very, very nice name

I'm amused to see the name becoming so popular in the UK. When I was at school, back in the day, whenever you met an Anna, she was likely to be a second genration Pole. Many parents like to use names which translated well into English, and Anna was one of the most common Polish girls' names anyway. Of course, we were all called 'Ania' at home, which is the usual diminutive.

Are you a Pole, Kotek?

I've always liked my name. It goes well with many surnames, including Holmes. Occasionally, I've been called Ann, which I find to be entirely different and not 'me' at all.

I agree with chancellor i'm afraid,bit of a dreay,boring nothing name IMO

An Anna in school with me was NN Anna Spanner! lol

• dreary!

Anna Spanner! lol
I won't worry too much about the teasing, as a mother recently told me that her friend's little one who has a lovely name - Ella - has been called 'Ella-Smella' a lot so I guess it is a risk with all names!

Gorgeous. Dh has a cousin called Anna so we'd never use it, but it's beautiful.

hi hoppybird, no, not polish but born not too far away! Grew up here though. I agree with your comment that Ann has quite a different feel to Anna.

Lovely - classic name - not boring at all. It's a name that easily crosses countries too.

Makes me think of one of my fave books - Anna Karenina

I think it is a timeless classic, not boring but yet simple and chic

i'm anna and i got anna spanner although the NN stuck, its not a bad NN. i love my name it goes with everything, and can be spelt backwards lol!!

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