Definition of "Ann"

ramsden. When you say Ann, you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield. / tanner. I mean our Ann, your Ann, Tavy's Ann, and now, Heaven help me, my Ann!

1901–1903, [George] Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman. A Comedy and a Philosophy, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable & Co., published 1903, Act I, page 8

Given a perfectly good American name like Ann, she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.

1969, Constance Urdang, Natural History, Harper&Row, page 61

"Her full name is Annie Lou. Like calling herself a snooty white girl name like Ann makes up for it.""Must I remind you that Ann is also my middle name?"

2005, Mary Monroe, In Sheep's Clothing, Dafina Books, page 129