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Channa - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Channa

[ syll. (c)han-na, ch-a-nna ] The girl name Channa is pronounced as CH-AEN-ah KEY. Channa is mainly used in Yiddish and English. It is of Hebrew and Sanskrit origin. From Hebrew and Sanskrit roots, its meaning is chickpea - in this context, Channa is usually used in the English language. The Chinese and English Chan, the English Shan, and the English and Russian Shanna are forms of the name.

In addition, Channa is a form of the Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French name Anna in the Yiddish language.

Channa is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Channa, the Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French Anna was the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Channa include the Yiddish, Hebrew, and Spanish Chana, the Hebrew Chanah, the Hebrew Channah, the English and Italian Ciana, the Indian Chahna, the Hebrew Chani, the English Channon, the English Chayanne, the English Chazmin, the French Chimene, the French Chimène, the English China, the English Chuma, the English Chyna, the English Chynna, the Irish Cianna, the English Cimone, the Chinese and English Chan, the English Chayenne, and the name Chen.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Channa: 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)"


 
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