Anneke

Anneke is a Dutch and Low German female diminutive given name, meaning little Anna or little Anne, i.e., Annie, an alternate pet or endearing form of Anna. ^[1] The given name and later surname Anneke also Annecke is a diminutive of the male short name Anno, a variant of Arno, itself derived from Arnold. Notable persons with that name include:

People with the given name

• Anneke Beerten (born 1982), Dutch mountain cyclist
• Anneke Esaiasdochter (1509–1539), Dutch Anabaptist
• Anneke van Giersbergen (born 1973), Dutch singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist
• Anneke von der Lippe (born 1964), Norwegian actress
• Anneke Venema (born 1971), Dutch rower
• Anneke Wills (born 1941), English actress

People with the surname

• Fritz Anneke (1818–1872), German-American socialist and newspaper editor, owner, and reporter
• Mathilde Franziska Anneke (1817–1884), German-American feminist and socialist

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Anneke
• All pages with titles containing Anneke
• Aneke

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 58. ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC   67869278 . Retrieved 5 November 2025.