How to write “Anna” in Korean
안나 an-na
What Korean friends call you
- 안나야 an-na-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 안나 씨 an-na-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Anna
- 애나 86 (69%)
- 안나 35 (28%)
- 아나 3 (2%)
Korean labels of 124 people named Anna on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
The official loanword spelling (외래어 표기법) is 애나; most Koreans write 안나.
Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Anna Kendrick 안나 (sometimes 애나); Anna Wintour 안나 (sometimes 애나); Anna Paquin 안나.
Well-known people named Anna, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Anna Netrebko — 안나 네트렙코
- Anna Akhmatova — 안나 아흐마토바
- Anna Politkovskaya — 안나 폴릿콥스카야
- Anna Pavlova — 안나 파블로바
374,959 babies were named Anna in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 100th most common name.
Block by block
- 안 = ㅇ + ㅏ + ㄴ · 4 strokes
Also in 안: Juan 후안 · Adrian 아드리안 · Julian 줄리안
- 나 = ㄴ + ㅏ · 3 strokes
Also in 나: Hannah 한나 · Jonathan 조나단 · Brianna 브리애나
안나 takes 7 strokes in all.
More names: Connor 코너 · Lucas 루카스 · Charles 찰스 · Morgan 모건 · Riley 라일리
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