Ganna or Anna – how it sounds correctly in Ukrainian – UNIAN

Many of the names that parents called their children decades ago are not Ukrainian names. They may be of Greek, Latin, Hebrew or any other origin. However, it is important to adhere to the language rules and pronunciation requirements depending on the country you live in, and to know that, for example, the name Anna sounds completely different in Ukrainian.

Which is correct – Ganna or Anna

Linguist Larisa Chemeris, in a commentary for UNIAN, told how the name Anna is correctly spelled in Ukrainian. She says that in Ukrainian it is correct to say Ganna, not Anna. The parallel use of these names is inappropriate:

In the spelling dictionary of Grigory Goloskevich (1929) there is no name “Anna”, but…