Hanna - Meaning of Hanna

What does Hanna mean?

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Hanna

[ 2 syll. han-na, ha-nna ] The baby boy name Hanna is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is HHAA-Naa (German) †. Hanna is used chiefly in the Arabic language and its origin is Hebrew.

In addition, Hanna is a variant of the name John (English and Hebrew) in the Arabic language.

Hana, Hanah, and Hannah are variants of Hanna.

See also the related categories, hebrew and arabic.

Hanna is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Hanna, John was the most commonly used in 2018. Hanna has in the past century been mostly given to girls.

Baby names that sound like Hanna include Hana, Hannah, Hahnee, Hahney, Hahni, Hahnie, Hahny, Hamin, Hamo, Hamyn, Hanee, Haney, Hanh, Hani, Hania, Hanie, Hannin, Hanno, Hannu, and Hannun.

† Pronunciation for Hanna: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"