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 [ 2 syll. han-nah, ha-nn-ah ] The girl name Hannah is pronounced as HHAENah KEY. Hannah is largely used in the English, French, German, Hebrew, and Yiddish languages, and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Hannah is a variant form of the name Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French). Forms of Hannah include the short form Han (English), the pet forms Ann (English), Annicka (Scandinavian), Ans (Dutch), Hani (Finnish), Hannele (Finnish and German), Hannie (English), Hanny (English), Hanski (Finnish), Hendel (Yiddish), Nancy (English), Nanney (English), and Nanny (English), and the variant spellings Hanah (English) and Hanna (Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Latvian, Polish, Scandinavian, and Ukrainian). See also the related forms, Alannah (English), Rosannah (English), Hajna (Hungarian), Hana (Czech, English, Polish, Slavic, Yiddish, and Japanese), Hania (Polish, English, and Hebrew), Hanne (German and Scandinavian), 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 2008, its usage was 0.458% and its ranking #17, and it was the most popular within all girl names in its group. In 2008, Hannah was more frequently used than the next most popular name, Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French), by 32% . Baby names that sound like Hannah include Hana (Czech, English, Polish, Slavic, Yiddish, and Japanese), Hanah (English), Hanna (Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Latvian, Polish, Scandinavian, and Ukrainian), Hajna (Hungarian), Hama, Hanae (Japanese), Hanan (Arabic), Hani (Finnish), Hanni (English, Finnish, and German), Hannie (English and Dutch), Hanny (English), Hemma (German), Hena (Yiddish), Henie (English), Henna (Finnish), Henny (Dutch, English, and German), Honey (English), Hyun (Korean), Jaima (English), and Jaime (English). Details of famous persons named Hannah: 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)"   |
