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Hannah - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Hannah
 
 

 



The girl name Hannah [ 2 syll. han-nah, ha-nn-ah ] is pronounced as HHAENah KEY. Hannah is largely used in the English, French, German, and Hebrew languages, and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Hannele (Finnish pet form) and Hendel (Yiddish pet form) are variants of Hannah. Hannah is a variant form of the name Anna (Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic). See also the related forms, Alannah (English), Hajna (Hungarian), Hana (Czech and Slavic), Hania (Polish), Hanna (Dutch, Finnish, German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Ukrainian), Hanne (German), Hena (Yiddish), Henda (Yiddish), Hene (Yiddish), and Henye (Yiddish).

Hannah is very popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1950s. At the height of its usage in 2000, 1.157% of baby girls were given the name Hannah. Its ranking then was #2. In 2007, its usage was 0.627% and its ranking #9, and it was the most popular within all girl names in its group. In 2007, Hannah was more frequently used than the next most popular name, Anna (Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), by 69% .

Baby names that sound like Hannah include Hana (Czech and Slavic), Hanna (Dutch, Finnish, German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Ukrainian), Hajna (Hungarian), Hanan (Arabic), Hanni (German), Hemma (German), Hena (Yiddish), Henny (German), Honey (English), Jaime (English), Jaimie (English), Juana (Spanish), Hania (Polish), Hanne (German), Hene (Yiddish), Henye (Yiddish), Jimena (Spanish), and Wynona (English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Hannah: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


Details of famous persons named Hannah:
Actress Dakota Fanning, born Hannah Dakota Fanning, 23 February 1994, Conyers, Georgia.
Actress Hannah Gordon, born Hannah Cambell Grant Gordon, 9 April 1941, Edinburgh, Scotland, England.
Poet Hannah Cowley, born Hannah Parkhouse, 14 March 1743 - 11 March 1809, Tiverton, Devon, England.

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