Anna / Anne / Ann

[ajsuram.livejournal.com]

Which one do you like more? Is there any reason for liking one more than the other?
Also, what middle names go well with either of those?
(I am trying to make up my mind... it has a sweet history in our family, my husband is so in love with the name, and so is everyone else - but not me, at least for now).
Thank you!

Comments

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I like Anne. Anna seems like a different name to me, for some reason. Like, I'd never call an Anna "Annie" as a nickname. Ann just seems too short/truncated. The "e" on Anne makes it seem more elegant and complete to me.

[chesterismyhero.livejournal.com]

I guess I have to vote for Anne. That's my middle name.

[ajsuram.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Anna is my favorite. There's something very soft and sweet about it. My second favorite is Anne. It's pretty and simple. I've never liked Ann. I blame L.M. Montgomery.

[frost.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of with hwar in Anna seeming like a different/separate name. Anyway, for me it's Anna > Anne > Ann.

[ajsuram.livejournal.com]

That's sweet :)) Thanks!

[birdsonthewire.livejournal.com]

IMO Anna is so much more elegant, beautiful and unique than Anne/Ann. I would definitely go with Anna over the other two. I actually kinda love it. It's classic and elegant and beautiful.

As for middle names you could do a longer one since it's short: Anna Charlotte, Anna Renee, Anna Elyse, Anna Brittany, Anna Danae, Anna Denise, Anna Lynne, Anna Piper, Anna Felicity, Anna Erin, Anna Celeste, Anna Quinn, there are tons of names that go with it IMO :)

[ajsuram.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
(I had to Google L.M. Montgomery. Shame on me)

[ajsuram.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
That's why I love this community... for me, Anna / Anne were pretty much the same name.

[ajsuram.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
These are great suggestions :)

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

My mn is Anne, too LOL. For a first name though, I'd vote for Anna unless you are double barreling it - like Anne Marie

Anna Lee is one of my favorites ever...but you run into the whole anally thing.
Others -

Anna Rose
Anna Lucia
Anna Claire
Anna Jude
Anna Isolde
Anna Lenore
Anna Louise
Anna Quinn
Anna Winter
Anna Wren

[ber-waves-of.livejournal.com]

Anna is my favorite. :)

[anodetonoone.livejournal.com]

I have to agree that Anna is a different name. I also like Anne more than Ann. Ann seems like it's missing something.

[ajsuram.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

What's double barreling? (Please forgive my ignorance)
BTW, Anna Marie is what my mom suggested (I guess since I'm Maria...)!

I love Anna Lee, too, but haven't thought of the "anally thing". Probably not, then.

Anna Rose sounds nice!

[ajsuram.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[ajsuram.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

No worries, I probably made it up lol. Its basically having two first names, Ann(e) Marie, being the first one I think of.

[ajsuram.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a legitimate baby-naming term anyway :))

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

I think I like Ann/Anne the best. Ann is on our middle name list after my husband grandmother and her name was Ann, no middle name.

[ajsuram.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
Anna was my grandmother and my grand-grandmother name, and the one of my husband's grand-grandmother, too. So it makes total sense to have it honored, I just don't know how much I want it as a first name.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

I like anna, it can be shortened to anne if the mood strikes me, or annie.

[ajsuram.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[florallove.livejournal.com]

Anna/Anne aren't different names to me. I mean, obviously they are, but they're obviously similar. I wouldn't think it's weird for an Anna to be called Anne or Annie, but I would think it's weird for an Anne to be called Anna. so for that reason I like Anna better, because I like all three names and I like that there's options with it. The only one I don't like is Ann.

[florallove.livejournal.com]

by "all three" I meant Anna, Anne, and Annie...I am tired and my grammar is lacking.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

I like Anna the best, mostly because it just sounds pretty to me, and like it'd never sound out of date - I can see Anna fitting a 3 year old as well as a 83 year old - Ann/e seems kind of dated, though I like it spelled Anne better. Just feels classier.