{{Short description|Dutch feminine given name}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Wiktionary|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.<ref name="Hanks 2006">{{cite book | last1 = Hanks | first1 = Patrick | author-link1 = Patrick Hanks | last2 = Hardcastle | first2 = Kate | last3 = Hodges | first3 = Flavia | title = A Dictionary of First Names | publisher = Oxford University Press | publication-place = Oxford, England | series = Oxford paperback reference | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-19-861060-1 | oclc = 67869278 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC | page = 58 | access-date = 5 November 2025 }}</ref> 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 == {{canned search}} {{srt}} * Aneke
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