Anne

• if my son was a girl he would have had Anne as a middle name.  I love this name mostly because of the association with Anne of Green Gables.  How could anyone not like the lead character!
• a special place in my heart for Anne Shirley (read the bo0k Anne of Green Gables) - thus I will never spell it without an "e". To me, this name suggests an honest and strong characture, and a good friend (hmmm, think that opinion is influenced by the character Anne Shirley??) It is also the middle name of my husband's grandma, mom, and sister.
• because it was my great-grandmothers name, and I absoulutely LOVED Anne of Green Gables, the book, by L M Montgomery. It has also been passed down from my family.  
• simple, refined
• Anne October: I'm another person who ever since I read 'Anne of Green Gables' (in 5th grade) vowed someday to name my daughter "Ann with an 'e'". October gets a lot of strange looks from people, but here in Wisconsin, it is the most beautiful month of the year (and also my birth month).

Anne is the French form of Anna (see also).