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I've read something about Anna, but it's always referred to the Bible. I'm looking for some origin of Anna out of the Cristian or Hebrew tradition. (I hope you'll understand, my English is not good)
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You'd have to go for an entirely different type of "Anna" in order to find an Anna in common usage outside that of the Latinate form of the Hebrew name Hannah.
You might want to consider the name of the Roman goddess "Anna Perenna", in whose case the "Anna" part of her name means "year", and the "Perenna" part of her name means "lasting many years". From the word "perenna" we get the English word "perennial", used for flowers which come back and bloom year after year.
The goddess Anna Perenna is the personification of the procession of the year. Her feast day was celebrated on the ancient Roman New Year's Day, which took place on the ides of March (the month of March being the first month in the ancient Roman calendar).
So, from an ancient Roman perspective, the name "Anna" is a name signifying springtime, the promise of the New Year, and the remembrance of years past.
-- Nanaea
You might want to consider the name of the Roman goddess "Anna Perenna", in whose case the "Anna" part of her name means "year", and the "Perenna" part of her name means "lasting many years". From the word "perenna" we get the English word "perennial", used for flowers which come back and bloom year after year.
The goddess Anna Perenna is the personification of the procession of the year. Her feast day was celebrated on the ancient Roman New Year's Day, which took place on the ides of March (the month of March being the first month in the ancient Roman calendar).
So, from an ancient Roman perspective, the name "Anna" is a name signifying springtime, the promise of the New Year, and the remembrance of years past.
-- Nanaea
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