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 [ 2 syll. (c)ha-na, ch-ana ] The girl name Chana is pronounced CHAENah KEY. Chana is of Hebrew origin, and it is used largely in the Yiddish, Hebrew, and Spanish languages. Chana is a variant (Spanish) of Susanna (English, German, and Italian). Chana is also a variant spelling of Channah (Hebrew). Chana is also a variant (Yiddish) of Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French). Chana is somewhat popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity has been growing since the 2000s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.013% of baby girls being given the name Chana. Its ranking then was #971. In 2008, among the group of girl names directly linked to Chana, Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French) was the most popular. Its use outnumbered Chana's by 26 times in that year. Baby names that sound like Chana include Chanah (Hebrew), Channa (Yiddish and English), Channah (Hebrew), Ciana (English and Italian), Chahna (Indian), Chani (Hebrew), Channon (English), Chayanne (English), Chazmin (English), Chimene (French), Chimène (French), China (English), Chuma (English), Chyna (English), Chynna (English), Cianna (Irish), Cimone (English), Chan (Chinese and English), Chayenne (English), and Chen. KEY: English pronunciation for Chana: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
