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Annie (given name)

female given name

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ566893
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Annie is a feminine given name. It is often short for other names, such as Anna, Annette, Anita, Andrea, Angela, Anastasia, or Anniken. It may refer to:

People

A

Annie Heloise Abel (1873–1947), American historian

Annie Abrahams (born 1954), Dutch artist

Annie Abram, British historian

Annie Ackerman (1914–1989), American political activist

Annie Adams (music hall) (1843–1905), English singer

Annie Adams (1848–1916), American actresses

Annie M. Aggens, American writer

Annie Åkerhielm (1869–1956), Swedish writer and journalist

Annie Charlotte Catharine Aldrich (1842–1916), British novelist who published under the name Catharine Childar

Annie Alexander, multiple people

Annie Alizé (born 1955), French sprinter

Annie Altschul (1919–2001), British mental health nurse and professor

Annie Andrews, multiple people

Annie Antón, American computer scientist

Annie Antone, Native American Tohomo O'Odham basket weaver

Annie Anzieu (1924–2019), French psychoanalyst

Annie Armitt (1850–1933), English writer and poet

Annie Armstrong (1850–1938), American lay Southern Baptist denominational leader

Annie Armstrong (politician), Irish republican politician

Annie Arniel (1873–1924), American suffragist

Annie Atkins, Welsh graphic designer

Annie Au (born 1989), Hong Kong squash player

Annie Aves (1887–1938), New Zealand abortion provider

B

Annie Baillargeon, Canadian artist

Annie Laurie Adams Baird (1864–1916), American missionary

Annie Baker (born 1981), American playwright and teacher

Annie Barnes, multiple people

Annie Barnes (1886–1982), British-Italian socialist and suffragist

Annie Gardner Barr (1864–1921), Canadian artist and social reformer

Annie Barrows, American editor and author

Annie Latham Bartlett (1865–1948), American sculptor

Annie Basil, Iranian-Indian activist

Annie Noëlle Bahounoui Batende, Cameroonian magistrate

Annie Maude Norton Battelle (1865–1925), American suffragette and philanthropist

Annie White Baxter (1864–1944), American politician

Annie Bélis, French archaeologist, philologist, papyrologist and musician

Annie Belle (1956–2024), French actress and social worker

Annie Bellemare (born 1980), Canadian figure skater

Annie Bendolph, American artist

Annie Bergman (1889–1987), Swedish artist, writer, and children's book author.

Annie Skau Berntsen (1911–1992, also known as Sister Annie), Norwegian missionary in China and Hong Kong

Annie Bersagel (born 1983), American long-distance runner and lawyer

Annie Betts, British apiculturist and expert on bee diseases

Annie Beustes (born 1945), French politician

Annie Bidwell (1839–1918), American pioneer, suffragist and botanist

Annie Black (born 1981), American politician

Annie Blackman, American singer-songwriter

Annie Walker Blackwell, American church worker

Annie Blake, Canadian politician

Annie Blakstad (1935–2023), Norwegian politician

Annie Webb Blanton (1870–1945), American politician

Annie R. Blount (1839–unknown), American poet, short story writer, and newspaper editor

Annie Boclé (born 1957), French javelin thrower

Annie B. Bond, American writer

Annie Bonza (born 1940), New Zealand fashion designer

Annie Booth, American jazz pianist and educator

Annie Borckink (born 1951), Dutch speed skater

Annie Bos (1886–1975), Dutch actress

Annie Bosko, American singer-songwriter

Annie Botha, First Lady of South Africa

Annie Bovaird (born 1992), Canadian actress

Annie Stocking Boyce (1880–1973), American missionary teacher

Annie Cooper Boyd, American painter

Annie Bradshaw (1859–1938), English novelist and animal welfare activist

Annie Brewer (1874–1921), Welsh nurse who served in France throughout World War I

Annie Brewster (c. 1858–1902), British nurse

Annie Briard, Canadian artist

Annie M. Briggs (born 1987), Canadian actress

Annie Bright (1840–1913), Australian journalist and spiritualist

Annie Brisset, Canadian linguist

Annie Broadbent (1908–1996), British artistic gymnast

Annie Brobst (born 1985), American singer songwriter

Annie Brocoli (born 1971), Canadian actress

Annie Florence Brown (1873–1945), American civic leader

Annie Leigh Browne (1851–1936), British educationist and suffragist

Annie Bruin (1870–1961), Dutch artist

Annie Buckhurst, New Zealand metalwork artist

Annie Babbitt Bulyea (1863–1934), Canadian temperance leader

Annie Burgstede (born 1983), American actress

Annie Burton (c. 1858–?), African-American memoirist

Annie Byron, Australian actress

C

Annie Caddick, British Paralympic rower

Annie Cameron, Scottish historian

Annie Campbell-Orde (born 1995), British rower

Annie Cannon (1863–1941), American astronomer

Annie Caputo, American government official

Annie Cardin (born 1938), French artist

Annie Carline (1862–1945), British artist

Annie Caron (swimmer) (born 1941), French swimmer

Annie Caron (soccer) (born 1964), Canadian soccer player

Annie Carvosso (1861–1932), British-born Australian activist and social reformer

Annie Louise Cary (1842–1921), American opera singer

Annie Castledine (1939–2016), British theatre director, teacher and dramaturgy

Annie Pardo Cemo (born 1941), Mexican cell biologist

Annie de Chabert (1908–c. 1976), USVI businessperson and activist

Annie Challan (born 1940), French harpist

Annie Emma Challice (1821–1875), English author

Annie Chandler (swimmer) (born 1987), American swimmer

Annie Chang, Taiwanese-American actress and producer

Annie Chapelier (born 1967), French politician

Annie Chapman (c. 1841–1888), born Eliza Ann Smith, a victim of Jack the Ripper

Annie Chemis (1862–1939), New Zealand homemaker, dairy worker, petitioner and charwoman

Annie Chen (born 1989), Taiwanese actress, host and model

Annie Choong (1934–2024), Malaysian sprinter

Annie Christitch, Serbian patriot and journalist

Annie Chu, Chinese-American architect

Annie W. Clark (1843–1907), American social reformer

Annie Swan Coburn, American art collector

Annie Cohen-Solal (born 1948), French academic

Annie Coker, African-American lawyer

Annie Collins, New Zealand film editor

Annie Cook (c. 1840–1878), American madam

Annie Lee Cooper (1910–2010), African-American civil rights activist

Annie Cordy (1928–2020), Belgian actress and singer

Annie Corley, American actress

Annie Sophie Cory (1868–1952), British writer

Annie Cotton (born 1975), Canadian actress and singer

Annie Coultate (1856–1931), British teacher and suffragist

Annie Burgin Craig, First Lady of North Carolina (1913–17)

Annie Walker Craig (1864–1948), British suffragette

Annie I. Crawford (1856–1942), American artist

Annie Crawley (born 1968), American underwater photographer

Annie Cresta, from the book franchise "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Annie Crisp (1854–1953), English-born nurse

Annie Crummer, New Zealand drummer

Annie Hall Cudlip (1838–1918), English novelist and writer

Annie Curtis, Irish immunologist

Annie Cuyt (born 1956), Belgian mathematician

D

Annie Dalton (born 1948), British children's author

Annie Charlotte Dalton, Canadian poet

Annie Damer (1858–1915), Canadian-American public health nurse and health administrator

Annie McCarer Darlington (1836–1907), American poet

Annie Rowan Forney Daugette (1876–1974), American author and historian

Annie Louise David, American harpist

Annie David (born 1963), French politician

Annie Elizabeth Davis, New Zealand photographer

Annie Elizabeth Delany (1891–1995), American dentist and civil rights pioneer

Annie Dove Denmark (1887–1974), American music educator

Annie Desroy, Haitian novelist, playwright and teacher

Annie Bell Robinson Devine (c. 1912–2000), American activist

Annie Le Porte Diggs (1853–1916), Canadian writer, advocate

Annie Dillard (born 1945), American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction

Annie Dirkens (1869–1942), German actress

Annie DiRusso, American indie rock musician

Annie Dixon (c.

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The public source identifies “Annie (given name)” as female given name. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Annie, given and name.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1873, 1947, 1954, 1914—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Annie, given and name providing the first useful test.
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