Hannah

A female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “grace.”.

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Hannah (Hebrew: חַנָּה‎‎‎), also spelled Hanna, Hana, or Chana, is a Hebrew given name It is derived from the root ḥ-n-n, meaning 'favour' or 'grace'; A Dictionary of First Names attributes the name to a word meaning 'He (God) has favoured me [with a child]'.
The Hannah spelling of the name was taken up as a given name by the Puritans in the 16th and 17th centuries, and it has always been a common Jewish name. Ann, Anne, Anna derive from Hannah through Latin. The Phoenician (Punic) name Hannibal derives from the same Canaanite root and means 'My grace is ba'al'. Hannah is a palindrome.
In the Books of Samuel, Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel. Hannah was infertile, so at temple she prayed that if God gave her a son, she would give him up to become a priest. After many years of praying she was blessed with a son, and named him Samuel. When the child was weaned (around 3 years old), Hannah gave him to Eli to be raised as a priest. She went on to have 5 more children. Hannah is also sometimes given as the name of the Woman with seven sons described in 2 Maccabees.
In 2014, the Social Security Administration ranked Hannah the 23rd most popular name for girls in the United States.
People with the given name Hannah:
Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), German philosopher
Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo (1915-2015), Nigerian businesswoman and politician
Hanna Brooman (1809-1887), Swedish composer, translator and educator
Hannah Callowhill Penn (1671–1727), second wife of William Penn
Hannah Cowley (1743–1809), American dramatist and poet
Hannah Dakota Fanning (born 1994), American actress, better known as Dakota Fanning
Hannah Duston (1657 – c. 1736), Indian fighter.
Hannah Friedman (born 1986), American writer, director, and musician
Hannah Gadsby (born 1978), Australian comedian
Hannah Glasse (1708–1770), English cookbook writer
Hannah Gordon (born 1941), Scottish actress
Hannah Harper (born 1982), English pornographic actress
Hannah Hart (born 1986), American internet personality, comedian, actress and author
Hannah Hauxwell (born 1926), Yorkshire Dales farmer
Hannah Höch (1889–1978), German Dada artist
Hannah Ild (born 1981), Estonian singer
Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (born 1989), Israeli triple jumper and long jumper
Hannah Mancini (born 1980), American-Slovenian singer
Hannah More (1745–1833), English religious writer and philanthropist
Hannah Peel (born 1984), Northern Irish musician
Hannah Peckham (born 1980), British game show host
Hannah Pingree (born 1976), former majority leader and Speaker of the House in the Maine House of Representatives
Hannah Pritchard (1711–1768), English actress
Hannah Robinson, British songwriter
Hannah Spearritt (born 1981), English singer and actress
Hannah Stockbauer (born 1982), German swimmer
Hannah Storm (born 1962), American co-host of The Early Show
Hannah Szenes (1921–1944), Hungarian Jew arrested during the Second World War
Hannah Tan (born 1981), Malaysian singer-songwriter
Hannah Taylor-Gordon (born 1987) English actress, Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Hannah Teter (born 1987), American snowboarder
Hannah Tointon (born 1987), British actress
Hannah Twynnoy (1669/70-1703), first British person killed by a tiger
Hannah Van Buren (1783–1819), wife of the 8th president of the United States, Martin Van Buren
Hannah Vogt (1910–1994), German historian
Hannah Webster Foster (1758–1840), American novelist
Hannah Weiner (1928–1997), American poet
Hannah Whelan (born 1992), British gymnast
Hannah Whitall Smith (1832–1911), American lay speaker and author during the Holiness movement
Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), American painter, sculptor and photographer
Hannah Wilson (born 1989), Hong Kong Olympic swimmer.
Hannah Wood (born 1983), American poet and actress, sister of Elijah Wood
Hannah, Australian pop singer
People with the given name Hanna:
Hanna Alström (born 1981), Swedish actress
Hanna Fahl (born 1978), Swedish music journalist and translator
Hanna Grönvall (1879–1953), Swedish politician
Hanna Hammarström (1829–1909), Swedish inventor
Hanna Holborn Gray (born 1930), American historian and professor
Hanna Jaltner (born 1976), Swedish breaststroke swimmer
Hanna Karasiova (born 1978), Belarusian archer
Hanna Lindberg (1865-1951), Swedish politician, the first woman on a communal council (1910)
Hanna Ljungberg (born 1979), Swedish soccer player
Hanna Maron (born 1923), Israeli actress
Hanna Newcombe (born 1922), Canadian peace activist
Hanna Pakarinen (born 1981), Finnish pop singer
Hanna van Recklinghausen (1332–?), Dutch banker
Hanna Reitsch (1912–1979), German test pilot
Hanna Rovina (1892–1980), Israeli actress and the original "First Lady of Hebrew Theatre"
Hanna Scheuring (born 1965), Swiss actress and theatre director
Hanna Schygulla (born 1948), German actress and singer
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington (1877–1946), Irish feminist, wife of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
Hanna Suchocka (born 1946), Prime Minister of Poland 1992–1993
Hanna Styrell (1842–1904), Swedish actress
Hanna Zemer (1925–2003), Israeli journalist
People with the given name Chana:
Chana Orloff (1888–1968), Ukraine-born sculptor
Fictional characters:
Hannah Abbott, character in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
Hannah Annafellows, character in the 2010 Black Butler anime sequel. Voiced by Aya Hirano
Hannah Ashworth, character portrayed by Emma Rigby on the English soap opera Hollyoaks
Hannah McKay, character portrayed by Yvonne Strahovski on the Showtime TV series Dexter
Hannah Martin, character portrayed by Rebecca Ritters on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Hannah Montana, alter ego of Miley Cyrus' character Miley Stewart in the television show of the same name
Hanna Marin, character from the TV and book series Pretty Little Liars and in the TV series is portrayed by Ashley Benson
Hannah Baker, character from Netflix series and novel 13 Reasons Why
Biblical characters:
Hannah (biblical figure), a character from the Books of Samuel
Saint Anne, mother of Mary, mother of Jesus

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Fem. proper name, biblical mother of the prophet Samuel, from Hebrew, literally "graciousness," from stem of hanan "he was gracious, showed favor."

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God has favored me.

Ana, Hanna, Ann, Giuliana, Anna, Hana, Gabrielle, Anya

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Daryl Hannah	1960	Actress
2	Hannah Simone	1980	Canadian television host, actress and fashion model
3	Hannah Murray	1989	English actress
4	Hannah Arendt	1906	Jewish-American political theorist
5	Hannah John-Kamen	1989	British actress
6	Hannah Hart	1986	Internet celebrity
7	Hannah Ware	1982	English model and actress
8	Hannah Tointon	1987	British actress
9	Hannah New	1994	British actress
10	Hannah Spearritt	1981	British actress
11	Hannah Quinlivan	1993	Taiwanese actress
12	Hannah Storm	1962	American sportscaster
13	Hannah Arterton	1989	British actor and singer
14	Hannah McKay
15	Hannah Waddingham	1974	British actress
16	Hannah Marks	1993	American actress
17	Hannah Stocking	1992
18	Page Hannah	1964	American actress
19	Hannah Harper	1982	English pornographic actress and director
20	Bryony Hannah	1984	English actress
21	Hannah		Wife of Elkanah mentioned in the Books of Samuel
22	Hannah Bronfman	1987	American model
23	Hannah Gordon	1941	British actress
24	Lucy Hannah	1875	American supercentenarian
25	Hannah Waterman	1975	English actress
26	Hannah Höch	1889	German artist
27	Hannah Mary Rothschild	1962
28	Hannah Cockroft	1992	British wheelchair racer
29	Hannah Ferguson	1992	American model
30	Hannah Dunne	1990
31	Kristin Hannah	1960	American writer
32	Hannah Chaplin	1865	Stage and musical actress
33	Hannah Endicott-Douglas	1994	Canadian actress
34	Hannah Fry		Complexity theorist
35	Hannah Lux Davis	1986	American music video director
36	Hannah Duston	1657	Colonial Massachusetts Puritan
37	Hannah Szenes	1921	Jewish poet and anti-nazi fighter in World War II
38	Hannah Ashworth
39	Hannah More	1745	English religious writer and philanthropist
40	Sophie Hannah	1971	British writer
41	Hanoi Hannah	1931	Vietnamese radio personality
42	Hannah Welton	1990
43	Hannah Aitchison	1966	Tattoo artist
44	Hannah Hauxwell	1926	British documentary subject
45	Hannah Hoekstra	1987	Dutch actress
46	Hannah Diamond	1991	British musician
47	Hannah Taylor-Gordon	1987	British actress
48	Hannah Wants	1986
49	Hannah Hobley	1988	British actress
50	Hannah Claydon	1985	Glamour model
51	Hannah Teter	1987	Snowboarder
52	Hannah Van Buren	1783	American first lady
53	Rufus Hannah	1955	American activist
54	Hannah Milhous Nixon	1885	Mother of Richard Nixon
55	Hannah Daniel	1986	Welsh actress
56	Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery	1851	Countess of Rosebery
57	Hannah Gadsby	1978	Australian comedian
58	Hannah Blilie	1981	American musician
59	Hannah Midgley	1993	British actress
60	Hannah Miley	1989	British swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion
61	Hannah Herzsprung	1981	German actress
62	Hannah Wilke	1940	American artist
63	Hannah Steele		British actress
64	Jack Hannah	1913	American animator
65	Hannah Bardell	1983	Scottish politician
66	Barry Hannah	1942	Short story writer, novelist, professor
67	Hannah Monson	1992	Actress
68	Hannah Macleod	1984	British field hockey player
69	Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo	1915	Nigerian politician
70	Hannah Glasse	1708	British writer
71	Bob Hannah	1956	American motorcycle racer
72	Hannah Trigwell	1990	English singer and songwriter
73	Hannah Snell	1723	British soldier
74	Hannah Georgas	1983	Canadian singer
75	Hannah Martin
76	Hannah Kent	1985	Australian writer
77	Hannah Mills	1988	British yacht racer
78	Hannah Reji Koshy
79	Hannah Gross	1992	Canadian actress
80	Hannah Wagner
81	Hannah Lochner	1993	Actress
82	Hannah Roberts	1994	American beauty pageant titleholder from Mount Olive, Mississippi
83	Hannah Yeoh	1979	Malaysian politician
84	Hannah Fidell	1985	American film director
85	Hannah Whitall Smith	1832	American writer
86	Hannah Ocuish	1774	Murderer executed at age 12, Pequot Indian
87	Hannah Peel	1982	British musician
88	Hannah Hodson	1991	American actress
89	Hannah Russell	1996	Paralympic swimmer
90	Hannah Alligood
91	Ross Hannah	1986	English professional footballer
92	Hannah Vaughan Jones		Journalist and presenter
93	Hannah Whelan	1992	English artistic gymnast
94	Hannah Howell	1950	American writer
95	Hannah Kearney	1986	Freestyle skier
96	Hannah Kasulka
97	Hannah Hanson Kinney
98	Hannah Callowhill Penn	1671	Second wife of Pennsylvania founder William Penn
99	Hannah Miller	1996	American figure skater
100	Hannah Yelland	1976	British actress
101	Stefhon Hannah	1985	American basketball player
102	Hannah Webster Foster	1758	Novelist
103	Hannah Jane Fox	1976	British actress
104	Hannah England	1987	British middle-distance runner
105	Hannah Barnes	1993	British cyclist
106	Hannah Friedman	1986	American musician and writer
107	Hannah Cowley	1743	British writer
108	Hannah Hurnard	1905	British writer
109	Hannah Lederer-Alton	1990	British actress
110	Hannah Tan	1981	Malaysian singer
111	Hannah Weinstein	1911	American politician
112	Hannah Blundell	1994	English footballer
113	Hannah Witton
114	Hannah Robison	1994
115	Colin Hannah	1914	Senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and a Governor of Queensland
116	Hannah Lightfoot	1730	English Quaker
117	Hannah Mitchell	1872	Socialist and suffragette
118	Charley Hannah	1955	American football player
119	Hannah Wilson	1989	Hong Kong swimmer
120	Hannah Cullwick	1833	British writer
121	Hannah G. Solomon	1858	American activist
122	Hannah Britland		English actress
123	Hannah Webster
124	Hannah Pingree	1976	American politician
125	Hannah Cohen	1986	Singer-songwriter
126	Hannah Twynnoy	1669	First person killed in Britain by a tiger
127	Hannah Black	1981
128	Hannah Wilkinson	1992	New Zealand footballer
129	Hannah Woolley	1621	English writer
130	Hannah Crafts		American writer
131	Hannah Graaf	1978	Swedish singer and model
132	Hannah Moscovitch	1978	Canadian playwright
133	Hannah O'Sullivan	1998
134	Hannah Williams	1911	American actress
135	Hannah Adams	1755	United States author
136	Hannah Kerr	1997
137	John Alfred Hannah	1902	American academic administrator
138	Hannah Robinson		Songwriter and singer
139	Hannah Stone	1987	Welch harpist
140	Hannah Mancini	1980	American musician
141	Barbara Hannah	1891	English psychologist
142	Taylor Hannah	1987	American actress
143	Andrew Hannah	1864	Scottish footballer
144	Hannah Weiner	1928	American poet
145	John Hannah	1921	Recipient of the Victoria Cross
146	Clevin Hannah	1987	American basketball player
147	Tracey Hannah	1988	Australian bicycle racer
148	David Hannah	1973	Scottish footballer
149	Hannah Fury		American musician
150	Hannah Mermaid		Underwater performance artist and marine conservation activist
151	Hannah Wang	1989	Australian actress
152	Gerry Hannah		Canadian musician
153	Hannah Green	1927	American writer
154	Hannah Bjarnhof	1928	Danish actress
155	Hannah Mary Tabbs
156	Hannah Tinti		American writer and editor
157	Izabela Hannah	1976	Polish dancer
158	Hannah Higgins	1964	American writer, academic
159	Hannah Markwig	1980	German mathematician
160	Hannah White Arnett	1733	American revolutionary
161	Hannah Frank	1908	British artist
162	Hannah Cohoon	1781	American artist
163	Indian Hannah	1730	Last of the Lenni-Lenape Indians in Chester County, Pennsylvania
164	Hannah Courtoy
165	Robert Hannah	1985	Swedish politician
166	Hannah Beech		American journalist
167	Hannah Stockbauer	1982	German swimmer
168	Hannah Schneider	1982	Danish musician
169	Hannah Dadds	1941	British train driver
170	Hannah Sell	1971	British politician
171	Hannah Brandt	1993	American ice hockey player
172	Rodney Hannah	1984	Player of American football
173	John P. Hannah	1962	American politician
174	Hannah Werntz	1986	American actress
175	Hannah White	1983	British broadcaster
176	Hannah Song		American activist
177	Hannah Arnold		American colonialist
178	James Hannah	1945	Arkansas judge
179	Hannah Tompkins	1920	American artist
180	Hannah Nydahl	1946	Buddhist teacher and translator from Denmark
181	Hannah Rosenthal	1951	American activist
182	Hannah van Lunteren	1980	Dutch actress
183	Hannah Starkey	1971	British photographer
184	Hannah Louise Shearer	1945	American television writer
185	Hannah Ild	1981	Estonian singer
186	Hannah Beachler
187	Hannah Ley	1970	German actress and author
188	Hannah Lothrop	1945	German psychologist and writer (1945-2000)
189	Hannah Pritchard	1711	British actress
190	Hannah Stouffer	1981	Illustrator, designer, artist
191	Hannah Marshall	1982	British fashion designer
192	Hannah Rose	1995	Musician
193	Hannah Greenwood	1987	Australian actress
194	Hannah Pool	1974	Eritrean writer
195	Hannah Atkins	1923	American politician
196	Hannah Holman	1991	American model
197	Hannah Jones		British female dance music vocalist
198	Hannah Smith
199	Hannah Collins	1956	British artist and filmmaker
200	Hannah Starling	1995	British diver