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The baby name Hanna is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈhænə/ or /ˈhɑːnə/ (HAN-ə).

Hanna is Hebrew in Origin.

Gender: Female
Syllables: 2.0
Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: /ˈhænə/ or /ˈhɑːnə/ (HAN-ə)

What is the meaning of the name Hanna ?

The baby name Hanna is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈhænə/ or /ˈhɑːnə/ (HAN-ə).

Hanna is Hebrew in Origin.

Hanna is a streamlined form of Hannah, from Hebrew Channah (“grace, favor”), via the root ḥ-n-n “to be gracious.” The spelling without the final -h predominates in Scandinavia, Germany, and Poland, while Hannah is standard in English. In Arabic and Syriac contexts, Hanna (Ḥannā) occurs as a male given name equivalent to John (“Yahweh is gracious”), and Hana/Hanaa also carry the meaning “happiness” in Arabic - distinct but often conflated in transliteration.

The name spread through Jewish and Christian traditions via the biblical mother of Samuel and gained wide use in English after the Reformation, peaking with Puritan virtue naming and reviving strongly in the late 20th century. Notable variants and cognates include Hannah, Hana, Chana/Channah (Hebrew/Yiddish), Hanne, Hanni, Hania (Polish diminutive), and Hannele. Related surnames and compounds appear in German (Hannelore). Overall, Hanna conveys a timeless sense of grace with crisp, international simplicity.

Hanna has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Hanna

Hanna Suchocka Politician · Born 1946 · Poland Hanna Suchocka is a Polish politician and lawyer best known for serving as Prime Minister of Poland from 1992 to 1993 under President Lech Wałęsa. She was the first woman to hold the office in Poland and one of the earliest women in the world to serve as prime minister. Hanna R. Hall Actor · Born 1984 · United States Hanna Hall is an American actress best known for her film debut as young Jenny in Forrest Gump. She also appeared in The Virgin Suicides and Rob Zombie's Halloween. Kang Han-na Actor · Born 1989 · South Korea Kang Han-na is a South Korean actress best known for her roles in popular TV dramas like Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, Start-Up, and My Roommate Is a Gumiho. She has also appeared in series such as Rain or Shine and Familiar Wife.
Hanna Alström Actor · Born 1981 · Sweden Hanna Alström is a Swedish actress best known for playing Crown Princess Tilde of Sweden in Kingsman: The Secret Service and Kingsman: The Golden Circle. She was born Hanna Carolina Alström on 5 March 1981.

Celebrity babies named Hanna

Name Last Name(s) Mother Mother famous for Fame Level Father Father famous for Fame Level
Hanna Mattes Werner Herzog film producer ★★★★★

Hanna – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Girls 2025 #1 — 874
Finland 0 #4 1,718 830
KH Girls 0 #6 1 148
KR 0 #8 1 201
Finland Girls 0 #10 5,255 1,368
KR Girls 0 #11 5 572
ET Girls 0 #16 1 372
Finland Girls 2026 #16 20,971 3,895
MV 0 #19 1 644
NL Girls 2014 #22 136 73
EE 0 #22 16 1,051
HN 0 #22 1 704
Iceland Girls 0 #22 52 132
Iceland 0 #25 11 71
Iceland Girls 2023 #26 871 60
Austria Girls 2024 #29 225 60
BN 0 #29 4 2,297
DJ Girls 0 #29 1 488
NA 0 #32 2 2,537
ID 0 #33 7 2,238
TM Girls 0 #33 3 574
MV Girls 0 #34 2 2,021
Norway Girls 2025 #42 125 453
MT 0 #43 1 1,767
MO 0 #52 1 2,706
Switzerland Girls 2024 #55 98 1,786
CM 0 #55 2 2,592
PL Girls 0 #56 4,811 5,096
CY 0 #60 1 1,632
LU 0 #64 3 2,830
AZ Girls 0 #74 2 1,051
EE Girls 0 #74 69 1,888
ID Girls 0 #75 24 3,319
JP 0 #75 3 4,057
AO 0 #77 1 2,729
HU Girls 0 #78 276 3,308
MV Boys 0 #78 2 3,375
BN Girls 0 #80 27 5,459
SI 0 #80 1 1,612
CN 0 #86 1 3,857
PH 0 #86 11 5,607
MD Girls 0 #91 2 865
Sweden Girls 2022 #94 94 1,568
TW 0 #95 9 4,523
HU 0 #97 18 1,675
France Girls 2021 #99 533 3,185
QA 0 #99 8 7,011
SD 0 #100 3 2,130
GE Girls 0 #107 2 1,564
PL 0 #108 197 2,600
KW 0 #117 5 5,216
CY Girls 0 #119 7 3,755
OM 0 #120 2 6,215
EC 0 #121 1 2,502
JO 0 #121 17 2,158
EE Boys 0 #125 1 2,087
CY Boys 0 #129 3 3,473
MU 0 #130 8 3,613
IQ 0 #132 2 3,533
RS Girls 0 #132 6 1,651
PA 0 #136 3 3,797
MT Girls 0 #148 6 3,773
DK Girls 0 #149 203 7,429
PS 0 #150 69 5,692
AE 0 #155 23 10,220
Belgium Girls 2024 #157 29 424
AE Girls 0 #159 498 20,968
CR 0 #162 4 5,526
NA Girls 0 #162 63 7,146
SI Girls 0 #163 12 2,769
Austria 0 #165 49 850
Germany Girls 0 #166 2,185 4,949
PR Girls 0 #167 1 3,171
LU Girls 0 #168 18 4,850
DK 0 #170 34 5,198
KW Girls 0 #170 419 19,177
Austria Girls 0 #173 419 1,885
HU Boys 0 #173 2 3,954
IL 0 #173 104 6,291
HR 0 #174 8 2,081
CZ 0 #176 10 3,154
QA Girls 0 #177 142 15,378
UY 0 #182 1 2,477
IL Girls 0 #189 751 11,648
LB 0 #190 842 13,263
RU 0 #191 4 3,641
AR 0 #192 2 2,915
LT Girls 0 #195 6 1,904
PH Girls 0 #198 212 13,098
AO Girls 0 #200 10 4,575
Canada Girls 2024 #202 84 2,795
TW Girls 0 #209 68 8,139
CZ Girls 0 #213 143 5,378
JP Girls 0 #213 33 6,592
GH 0 #216 28 5,396
MO Girls 0 #217 35 7,056
LU Boys 0 #218 3 4,970
BG Boys 0 #219 2 3,850
IR 0 #220 10 4,221
AL Girls 0 #223 5 4,141
BG Girls 0 #226 6 3,559
GR Girls 0 #226 17 6,293
GH Girls 0 #227 107 6,973
JO Boys 0 #232 161 7,057
Germany 0 #234 234 2,542
HR Girls 0 #237 53 3,687
JM Girls 0 #237 23 7,507
BD 0 #238 4 5,992
PS Girls 0 #243 364 10,981
PT 0 #244 7 4,161
EC Girls 0 #252 7 3,650
SY 0 #252 954 11,684
TW Boys 0 #253 4 7,111
SG 0 #255 15 11,010
MY 0 #256 75 12,352
HR Boys 0 #258 2 3,997
SD Girls 0 #260 87 7,678
GR Boys 0 #265 9 6,912
NG 0 #270 3 5,926
SA 0 #274 22 10,560
CN Girls 0 #275 75 8,829
OM Girls 0 #281 116 15,987
JO Girls 0 #288 38 7,570
JM Boys 0 #292 2 6,876
KZ Boys 0 #295 2 6,578
EG Boys 0 #301 1,187 15,035
PE 0 #301 10 6,350
NL 0 #303 89 2,481
CZ Boys 0 #305 1 6,530
IL Boys 0 #306 382 10,983
MU Girls 0 #306 46 8,539
MY Girls 0 #310 1,149 24,821
PL Boys 0 #313 23 6,459
NL Girls 0 #317 1,070 5,933
SA Girls 0 #319 828 25,931
BR 0 #321 25 5,969
PS Boys 0 #322 260 10,655
KZ Girls 0 #326 7 5,862
EG 0 #328 74 6,387
CN Boys 0 #330 2 9,639
DK Boys 0 #331 2 7,401
GT 0 #335 4 5,948
EG Girls 0 #349 1,131 14,742
HK 0 #350 8 8,483
RU Girls 0 #358 144 11,913
GH Boys 0 #361 1 8,138
MX 0 #361 53 8,339
YE 0 #363 19 8,639
BD Girls 0 #364 23 8,413
PH Boys 0 #368 16 11,440
MU Boys 0 #369 1 8,477
IR Girls 0 #373 162 8,334
PT Boys 0 #381 1 7,951
PT Girls 0 #385 67 7,952
SG Girls 0 #394 198 18,916
PA Girls 0 #396 86 9,861
BO 0 #401 8 6,868
UY Boys 0 #413 1 5,922
United States Girls 2024 #419 605 8,487
Spain 0 #419 34 2,326
IQ Girls 0 #420 85 11,303
SD Boys 0 #428 18 10,523
CL 0 #429 6 6,867
ZA 0 #429 19 14,421
BH 0 #435 119 17,937
HK Girls 0 #444 174 16,104
CO 0 #448 33 7,768
CR Girls 0 #451 82 11,342
GT Girls 0 #461 45 7,500
MX Girls 0 #463 1,386 17,781
LY 0 #472 64 12,703
CM Girls 0 #476 65 11,671
AR Boys 0 #481 3 7,628
UY Girls 0 #482 29 6,731
PA Boys 0 #504 2 9,305
RU Boys 0 #520 7 12,621
CO Girls 0 #526 818 16,140
BO Girls 0 #531 81 9,488
AR Girls 0 #546 54 8,289
HK Boys 0 #554 4 12,905
BR Girls 0 #563 448 12,708
IR Boys 0 #563 3 10,162
NG Girls 0 #569 227 15,093
CM Boys 0 #571 5 12,054
IT Girls 0 #576 1,450 9,415
BD Boys 0 #602 4 10,045
IN Girls 0 #603 29 13,121
BO Boys 0 #621 2 9,244
IT 0 #621 94 4,183
IQ Boys 0 #623 45 13,071
Spain Girls 0 #664 342 5,561
KW Boys 0 #664 106 18,755
ZA Girls 0 #666 577 25,928
QA Boys 0 #677 31 18,093
PE Girls 0 #678 278 14,861
TN 0 #690 140 13,765
CL Boys 0 #697 4 13,390
SG Boys 0 #735 5 17,960
CL Girls 0 #781 71 14,098
BR Boys 0 #782 4 12,213
MA 0 #841 292 20,986
OM Boys 0 #848 34 17,948
DZ 0 #868 313 20,130
PE Boys 0 #869 10 14,506
Germany Boys 0 #876 77 5,697
United States Boys 2017 #881 5 7,410
NL Boys 0 #896 56 5,873
CO Boys 0 #908 13 15,656
Spain Boys 0 #919 12 5,610
NG Boys 0 #935 17 16,906
MX Boys 0 #957 26 16,355
AE Boys 0 #1,013 80 22,615
IN Boys 0 #1,035 5 16,750
MY Boys 0 #1,068 44 25,439
TR 0 #1,069 143 19,440
ZA Boys 0 #1,160 19 25,619
IT Boys 0 #1,393 79 10,046
SA Boys 0 #1,468 147 28,008

Hanna is popular in 96 countries — most recent births per country:

Norway
France
NL
Ireland
Scotland, United Kingdom

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People also ask about Hanna

Hanna is predominantly a girl's name.
Hanna is a 2 syllable name, pronounced /ˈhænə/ or /ˈhɑːnə/ (HAN-ə).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Hannah, Hana, Hanah, Anna, Ana and Anne.
Across languages, Hanna has these equivalents: Chana (Hebrew), Anna (Latin/European), Ana (Spanish/Portuguese), Anne (French), Hanne (Scandinavian), and 1 more.
Yes, very popular — Hanna ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 13 countries.
Hanna ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Hanna's popularity is holding steady. It moved from #1 in 2015 to #1 in 2025 in Ireland.
Yes — 4 notable people named Hanna are in our database, including Hanna Suchocka (Politician), Hanna R. Hall (Actor), Kang Han-na (Actor).
Yes — at least 1 celebrity couple has chosen Hanna for their child, including Werner Herzog.