Ana
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Anna or Hannah. From various languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian, all derived—sometimes via Late Latin Anna in the Vulgate—from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”), chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the New Testament in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). H. Byars. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Hannah.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Ana (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ana has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | 10 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 11 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 13 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,641 |
| 2000 | 1,655 |
| 2001 | 1,679 |
| 2002 | 1,699 |
| 2003 | 1,724 |
| 2004 | 1,761 |
| 2005 | 1,794 |
| 2006 | 1,824 |
| 2007 | 1,911 |
| 2008 | 1,995 |
| 2009 | 2,053 |
| 2010 | 2,113 |
| 2011 | 2,159 |
| 2012 | 2,235 |
| 2013 | 2,295 |
| 2014 | 2,393 |
| 2015 | 2,466 |
| 2016 | 2,561 |
| 2017 | 2,658 |
| 2018 | 2,746 |
| 2019 | 2,823 |
| 2020 | 2,874 |
Ana in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ana.Hi! My name is Ana.
- Ana bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Ana lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Ana har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ana has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Anas mamma är lärare.Ana's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Anas mamma is Ana's mum.
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Questions about Ana
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What does the name Ana mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Anna or Hannah. From various languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian, all derived—sometimes via Late Latin Anna in the Vulgate—from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”), chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the New Testament in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). H. Byars. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Hannah.
How popular is Ana in Sweden?
13 babies were named Ana in 2022. In 2020, 2,874 people in Sweden had Ana as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.