When Anna Erlandsdotter was born on 30 March 1772, in Genarp, Bara, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Erland Nilsson, was 32 and her mother, Ingar Truedsdotter, was 26.
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variant of Anne , in common use as a given name in most European languages. Among people with a classical education, it has from time to time been associated with Virgil's Aeneid, where it is borne by the sister of Dido , Queen of Carthage. This Phoenician name may ultimately be of Semitic origin, and thus related to the biblical Anne. However, the connection, if it exists, is indirect rather than direct.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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