Hanna

Variant spelling of Hannah or romanization of Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ), chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oklahoman town, named for Hanna Bullett, one of the initial settlers. As a Polish village, named for the queen Anna Jagiellon.

Hanna (countable and uncountable, plural Hannas)

1. (uncommon) A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Hannah.
2. (rare) A surname originating as a matronymic based on Hannah.
3. A town in Alberta, Canada.
4. A village in Poland.
5. A locale in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Louisiana.
   2. A town in Oklahoma.
   3. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
   4. A town in Wyoming.

From anglicization of Irish Ó hAnnaigh (“descendant of Annadh”) under influence from Hanna and Hannah. As a ghost town in Missouri and unincorporated community in South Dakota, named for Ohio senator Mark Hanna. As an unincorporated community on Ute land in Utah, named for postmaster William P. Hanna.

Hanna

1. An Irish and Scottish surname from Irish.
2. A locale in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in LaPorte County, Indiana; named for a state judge.
   2. An unincorporated community in South Dakota.
   3. An unincorporated community on Ute land in Utah.
   4. A ghost town in Missouri.

• (surname): Hannah, Hannay, Hanney

• Hanan

Hanna

1. (biblical) Hannah.
2. a diminutive of the female given name Johanna, equivalent to English Hannah (and sometimes spelled thus)

• Hannah

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑ.naː/

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• Hyphenation: Han‧na

Hanna f

1. Hannah (Biblical character).
2. a female given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑnːɑ/, [ˈ(h)ɑnːɑ]

Hanna

1. Hannah (biblical character)
2. Anna (biblical prophetess)
3. a female given name of biblical origin, also short form of Johanna

Hanna

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Hanna: Honnuson or Hannuson
• daughter of Hanna: Honnudóttir or Hannudóttir

From Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑnːɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝nːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Han‧na

Hanna

1. a female given name from Biblical Hebrew, also a short form of Johanna
   • 1997, Leena Lander, Iloisen kotiinpaluun asuinsijat, WSOY, →ISBN, page 73:

     ―Hanna. Se on kaunis nimi. Ja niin osuva. Tulee hebreasta, merkitsee armoa. Kuka sen keksi?

     ―Hanna. It's a beautiful name. And so fitting. It's from Hebrew and means "grace". Who came up with it?

   • 2015, Helena Ruuska, Elämän kirjailija Eeva Joenpelto, WSOY, →ISBN, page 165:

     ―Hannalla on suomalaisessa kirjallisuudessa monta kaimaa, monta nuorta naista, jotka heräävät omaan naiseuteensa. J.L.Runebergin idyllieepoksessa Hanna (1836) papintytär rakastuu kaupungista saapuvaan opiskelijanuorukaiseen ja kokee ensirakkautensa kesäisessä idyllissä. Toisenlaisen kasvutarinan kertoo Minna Canth viisikymmentä vuotta myöhemmin pienoisromaanissa Hanna (1886), jossa nimihenkilö herää huomaamaan naisen alistetun aseman.

     Hanna shares her name with quite a few young women coming to terms with their femininity in Finnish literature. In J.L.Runeberg's idyllic epic Hanna (1836), a daughter of a priest falls in love with a city-dwelling young student and experiences her first love in a summer idyll. Another kind of growing up story is told fifty years later by Minna Canth in her novella Hanna (1886), where the eponymous main character comes to realize women's subservient position.

2. Hannah (mother of Samuel)
   • 1642, The Holy Bible, Samuel 1:8:

     Ja Elkana hänen miehens sanoi hänelle: Hanna/ mitäs itket? ja mixes syö? ja mingätähden sinun sydämes on nijn murhellinen? engö minä sinulle parambi ole cuin kymmenen poica?

     Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am I not better to thee than ten sons?

3. Anna (biblical prophetess)
   • 1642, The Holy Bible, Luke 2:36:

     Ja Hanna Prophetissa Phanuelin tytär/ Asserin sugusta/ oli joutunut pitkälle ijälle/ ja oli elänyt miehens cansa seidzemen ajastaica hänen Neidzydestäns.

     And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

• Anna (and its variants)
• Johanna (and its variants)

• Hanna is the 19^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 21,129 female individuals (and as a middle name to 3,000 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 7 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• hanan, nahan

• Hannah

• IPA^(key): [ˈhana]

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• Hyphenation: Han‧na

Hanna

1. Hannah (biblical character)
2. Anna (biblical prophetess)
3. a diminutive of the female given name Johanna, equivalent to English Hannah; variant form Hannah

Aphetic form of Johanna. Alternatively, from Hebrew חַנָּה, compare English Hannah.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒnːɒ]
• Hyphenation: Han‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Hanna

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Hannah

• Hannácska (diminutive)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhanːa/

  Rhymes: -anːa

  Homophones: hanna

Hanna f (genitive Hönnu)

1. a female given name; Hannah

Hanna

1. Hannah (biblical character)
2. a diminutive of the female given name Johanna, equivalent to English Hannah (and sometimes spelled thus)

Learned borrowing from Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ). Doublet of Anna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxan.na/

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• Rhymes: -anna
• Syllabification: Han‧na

Hanna f (diminutive Hania or Hanka)

1. a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Hannah

Hanna f

1. Hanna (a village in the Gmina of Hanna, Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland)

• Hanna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hannah

Unadapted borrowing from English Hannah, from Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ). Doublet of Ana and Ane.

Hanna f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Hannah

• Hannah (as a given name of biblical origin)

As a given name, often shortened from Johanna, also derived from the biblical character(s). First recorded in Sweden in 1583.

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Hanna c (genitive Hannas)

1. Hannah (biblical character)
2. Anna (biblical prophetess)
3. a female given name

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 48 279 females with the given name Hanna (compared to 4 631 named Hannah) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.