Hannah

English Pronunciation en /ˈhænə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hannah.wav Southern England en ænə 2 Etymology 1 From previous romanizations of en he חַנָּה Ḥannâ, chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from he חַנָּה grace, gracious, graced with child ḥannâ. As a Wren with the Royal Marines, after Hannah Snell (1723–1792) who disguised herself as a man to serve in the British military. en Ann Anne Anna Ana. Proper noun ~ s en Q2346367en biblical character Mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament. 1 Samuel 1 8 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? en female Hebrew. en 1959 w:Philip Roth Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories Houghton Mifflin 1959 116 "What about Hannah Schreiber?"He smiled, flashing some gold in his mouth. "How do you like that name? She was only a girl, but she had an old lady's name. - - - en 2002 w:Kate Atkinson Not the End of the World Doubleday 0385604726 33 She could buy pretty clothes for a girl and plait her hair with ribbons. And she could call her a nice, old-fashioned, middle-class name like Sarah or Emma or Hannah. en 2012 w:Gillian Flynn Gone Girl 77 Phoenix 2013 978-0-7538-2766-6 I wish it were like the movies, the name something silly, CanDee or Bambie, something you could roll your eyes at. Misti with two hearts over the I's. But it's Hannah, which is a real woman, presumably like me. en place name c/USA, which could be from the given name or surname: en unincorporated community co/Douglas County s/Georgia. en small town twp:Suf/Mayfield co/Grand Traverse County s/Michigan. en minor city co/Cavalier County s/North Dakota. en unincorporated community co/Florence County s/South Carolina. en hamlet par/Hannah cum Hagnaby dist/East Lindsey co/Lincolnshire cc/England OS grid ref TF5079. Alternative forms en Hanna Derived terms en holy Hannah honest-to-Hannah Descendants zh 漢娜 1 da Hannah 1 no Hannah 1 pt Hanna 1 sv Hannah 1 tl Hannah 1 Translations mother of Samuel Arabic: ar حَنَّة f Armenian: hy Աննա Old Armenian: xcl Աննա Catalan: ca Anna f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 哈拿, yue 亞納 Catholic Hakka: hak 哈娜 Ha̍p-nâ Hokkien: nan-hbl 哈拿 Hap-ná, nan-hbl 哈娜 Hap-ná Mandarin: cmn 哈拿, cmn 哈娜, cmn 亞納 Catholic Danish: da Hanna Estonian: et Hanna Finnish: fi Hanna French: fr Anne German: de Hanna Greek: el Άννα Hawaiian: haw Hana Hebrew: he חַנָּה f khaná Hindi: hi हन्ना f Italian: it Anna Norwegian: no Hanna Persian: fa حنه hanne Portuguese: pt Ana f Spanish: es Ana Swedish: sv Hanna Yiddish: yi חנה f khane female given name Arabic: ar هَانَا f Armenian: hy Աննա Old Armenian: xcl Աննա Catalan: ca Anna Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 漢娜 Hànnà Czech: cs Hana f Danish: da Hanna, da Hannah Estonian: et Hanna Finnish: fi Hanna German: de Hanna, de Hannah Greek: el Χάνα f Hawaiian: haw Hana Hebrew: he חַנָּה f khaná Hindi: hi हैना f Japanese: ja ハナ Hana, ja 花 はな, Hana Korean: ko ^한나 Norwegian: no Hanna Polish: pl Hanna f Portuguese: pt Hannah f, pt Hanna f, pt Ana Russian: ru Ха́нна f, ru А́нна f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Хана f Latin: sh Hana f Spanish: es Ana Swedish: sv Hanna Thai: th ฮันนาห์ hannaa Ukrainian: uk Га́нна f Yiddish: yi חנה f khane Noun A Wren serving with the Royal Marines. Etymology 2 Proper noun en Irish and Scottish, a variant of Hanna. en eponyms Danish Etymology From da en Hannah, used as a modern spelling variant of the biblical Danish da Hanna. Proper noun da proper noun da female References Danskernes Navne: ca. 1675 females with the given name Hannah, compared to ca. 2912 named Hanna, have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005. Accessed on March 20th, 2011. Dutch Pronunciation nl /ˈɦɑ.naː/ nl Nl-Hannah.ogg nl Han nah Proper noun f nl Hanna German Pronunciation de De-Hannah.ogg de De-Hannah2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun de female Biblical Hebrew Hanna Descendants zh 漢娜 1 Norwegian Bokmål Hannah (name),no:Hanna Alternative forms nb Hanna, nb Hanne the last also independently a short form of Johanne Etymology nb en Hannah female given name, used as a modern spelling variant of nb Hanna. The English name is ultimately from nb hbo חַנָּה Ḥannāh grace, favour, from hbo חָנַן ḥānan to be gracious. Compare da Hannah, sv Hannah and de Hannah female given name. Pronunciation nb /ˈhanːa/ nb anːa 2 nb Hanna nb Han nah Proper noun nb proper noun nb female English < Biblical Hebrew Hanna Hannah Usage notes The Norwegian name day for nb Hannah is 5 January. In Norwegian Bible translations, the biblical figure is normally called nb Hanna, rather than nb Hannah. The foreign-inspired spelling nb Hannah came into use in Norway during the 1980s and peaked in popularity in 2005–2009. Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 3,034 women in Norway had nb Hannah as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.Table 10501: Persons, by girls' name and boys' name, Statistics Norway. References “Hannah” in Store norske leksikon. Portuguese Proper noun f pt female Hannah, pt Hanna Swedish Etymology From sv en Hannah, used as a modern spelling variant of the biblical Swedish sv Hanna. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Hannah.wav Proper noun c sv female Descendants zh 漢娜 1 References Statistiska centralbyrån: 4631 females with the given name Hannah, compared to 48 279 named Hanna, alive in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on March 29th, 2011. Tagalog Etymology tl :bor en:Hannah + 1 Pronunciation Hana Proper noun Hana tl female English