Given name Chinese name

安娜 Ān Nà

A common transliteration of Anna; clear and easy to recognise.

Given name: 安娜 Usage: female Era: modern

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Ān Nà

Character by character

安
ān

peace, safety

娜
nà

graceful

Why it works

A common transliteration of Anna; clear and easy to recognise.

Sound

The pinyin is Ān Nà. Say it slowly, then at normal speed. If a tone feels difficult, practice the syllable alone before putting the full name together. A Chinese speaker will usually understand an imperfect tone in context, but the closer you get, the more natural the name feels.

How to introduce it

“My Chinese name is 安娜. 安 — peace, safety; 娜 — graceful.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李安娜 (Lǐ Ān Nà), using the surname 李. You can also use no surname at all.

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