Hannah

Hannah \han-nah, ha-nn-ah\ is a female's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Hannah is also used as a boy name name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced in English as HHAENah or in German as HHAANaa ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Hannah: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"

What is the origin of Hannah?

Hannah is of Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in English, French, German, Hebrew, and Yiddish. Hannah is a form (English, French, German, Hebrew, and Yiddish) of the Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Armenian, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Indian, and Japanese Anna name. Hannah is also a form (English) of the Hebrew name Channah meaning. The shortening baby name Han (English), the diminutives Ann meaning (English), Annicka pronounciation (Scandinavian), baby name Ans (Dutch), name Hani (Finnish), name Hannele origin (Finnish and German), nicknames for Hannie (English), Hanny name (English), short names for Hanski (Finnish), meaning of Hendel (Yiddish), Nancy meaning (English), Nanney meaning (English), and name Nanny meaning (English), and the spelling variants Hanah definition (English) and what does the name Hanna mean (Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Latvian, Polish, Scandinavian, and Ukrainian) are forms of the name. See also the related forms, the English Alannah definition, the name name Rohana meaning, the English nicknames for Rosannah, the Hungarian Hajna meaning and origin, the Czech, English, Polish, Slavic, Yiddish, Arabic, and Japanese Hana name, the Polish, English, and Hebrew Hania meaning of name, the German and Scandinavian baby name Hanne, the Yiddish baby name Hena, the Yiddish Henda definition, the Yiddish baby name Hene, and the Yiddish what does the name Henye mean. Hannah is very popular as a baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1950s up to the 2000s. Its usage peaked in 2000 with 1.157% of baby girls being named Hannah. It had a ranking of #2 then. The baby name has dropped in popularity since then. In 2010, it ranked at #22 with a usage of 0.355%, but it was nevertheless the most popular among all girl names in its family. Hannah was 10% more popular than the 2nd ranked name, Anna definition, in 2010. Hannah has in the last century been mainly given to baby girls.

The following famous people share the name 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.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Hannah:

the Czech, English, Polish, Slavic, Yiddish, Arabic, and Japanese short names for Hana, the African, Arabic, and Swahili baby name Hanaa, the English short names for Hanah, the Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Latvian, Polish, Scandinavian, and Ukrainian meaning of Hanna, the Yiddish, Hebrew, and Spanish Chana name, the Hebrew name Chanah origin, the Hebrew short names for Channah, the name name Haimee origin, the name name Haimey meaning, the name what does the name Haimie mean, the Hungarian name Hajna origin, the Japanese Hama meaning of name, the name Hamah meaning and origin, the name Hamma name variations, the name Hammah name variations, the name Hammon name, the Arabic Hanan meaning of name, the Vietnamese short names for Hanh, the Finnish baby name Hani, and the Polish, English, and Hebrew meaning of Hania.

The baby name Hannah fun facts:

The name Hannah in reverse order is "Hannah".

The numerological value of the name Hannah is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

How popular is Hannah?

Hannah is in the top names in USA.