# Anneke

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{{Short description|Dutch feminine given name}}
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{{Wiktionary|Anneke}}
'''Anneke''' is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) and [Low German](/source/Low_German_language) female diminutive given name, meaning ''little Anna'' or ''little Anne'', i.e., ''Annie'', an alternate pet or endearing form of [Anna](/source/Anna_(name)).<ref name="Hanks 2006">{{cite book
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| title             = A Dictionary of First Names
| publisher         = [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press)
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| year              = 2006
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}}</ref> The given name and later surname ''Anneke'' also ''Annecke'' is a diminutive of the male short name [Anno](/source/Anno_(disambiguation)), a variant of [Arno](/source/Arno), itself derived from [Arnold](/source/Arnold_(given_name)). Notable persons with that name include:

== People with the given name ==
* [Anneke Beerten](/source/Anneke_Beerten) (born 1982), Dutch mountain cyclist
* [Anneke Esaiasdochter](/source/Anneke_Esaiasdochter) (1509–1539), Dutch Anabaptist
* [Anneke van Giersbergen](/source/Anneke_van_Giersbergen) (born 1973), Dutch singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist
* [Anneke von der Lippe](/source/Anneke_von_der_Lippe) (born 1964), Norwegian actress
* [Anneke Venema](/source/Anneke_Venema) (born 1971), Dutch rower
* [Anneke Wills](/source/Anneke_Wills) (born 1941), English actress

== People with the surname ==
* [Fritz Anneke](/source/Fritz_Anneke) (1818–1872), German-American socialist and newspaper editor, owner, and reporter
* [Mathilde Franziska Anneke](/source/Mathilde_Franziska_Anneke) (1817–1884), German-American feminist and socialist

== See also ==
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* [Aneke](/source/Aneke)

==References==
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Category:Dutch feminine given names
Category:Feminine given names

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