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"I'm a little surprised it wouldn't be spelled Annelena, but I'm hardly an expert."
Interesting thought! I have never seen it spelt Annelena, not sure why. My theory would be that it is one of the more recent Anne-/Anna- creations or reinventions (compared to Annemarie or Anneliese for example) and Anna is way more popular at the moment than Anne is. The -a ending has been considered more up to date over the last 30 years or so with many names that have an -e and an -a variant.
ETA: I consulted a namebook ("Duden - Das große Vornamenlexikon", they really know what they are talking about) and to my surprise they list all combinations: Annalena, Annalene, Annelena, Annelene. However, Annalena is the only one I have seen on a real person in my lifetime. I guess they were all used at one point but Annalena is the current survivor, lol.
Interesting thought! I have never seen it spelt Annelena, not sure why. My theory would be that it is one of the more recent Anne-/Anna- creations or reinventions (compared to Annemarie or Anneliese for example) and Anna is way more popular at the moment than Anne is. The -a ending has been considered more up to date over the last 30 years or so with many names that have an -e and an -a variant.
ETA: I consulted a namebook ("Duden - Das große Vornamenlexikon", they really know what they are talking about) and to my surprise they list all combinations: Annalena, Annalene, Annelena, Annelene. However, Annalena is the only one I have seen on a real person in my lifetime. I guess they were all used at one point but Annalena is the current survivor, lol.
This message was edited 8/3/2010, 1:12 AM
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Impressive research. Thanks!
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