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This article is about the female name of Hebrew origin. For the male Arabic name, see
Hanna (Arabic name) .
Hannah
Samuel Dedicated by Hannah at the Temple by Frank W.W. Topham
Gender Female Language(s)
Hebrew Meaning Favour Related names
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Ana
Hannah spelled Hanna ,
Hana , Hanah , or Chana , is a feminine
given name of Hebrew origin. 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'.
Anne ,
Ana , Ann, and other variants of the name derive from the Hellenized Hebrew:
Anna (
romanization [transcription/transliteration] of Ἅννα [
from Greek to Roman {Latin} letters] ).
The
Phoenician (
Punic ) name
Hannibal derives from the same
Canaanite
root and means "My grace is
Baal ".
[1] In the
Books of Samuel of the Hebrew Bible,
Hannah is the mother of the prophet
Samuel .
Hannah
People
Hannah Adams (1755–1831), American author
Hannah Aldworth (died 1778), English philanthropist
Hannah Allen (1638–1668x1708), British writer
Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), German philosopher
Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo (1915–2015), Nigerian businesswoman and politician
Hannah Brier (born 1998), British sprinter
Hannah Brown (born 1994), American television personality and model
Hannah Callowhill Penn (1671–1727), second wife of William Penn
Hannah Clarke (1988–2020), Australian sportsperson and murder victim
Hannah Cowley (1743–1809), American dramatist and poet
Hannah Dodd (born 1995), English actress
Hannah Dreier , American journalist
Hannah Duston (1657–c. 1736), Indian fighter
Hannah Dakota Fanning (born 1994), American actress, known as Dakota Fanning
Hannah Ferguson (born 1992), American model
Hannah Foster (1985–2003), British murder victim
Hannah Friedman (born 1986), American writer, director, and musician
Hannah Fry (born 1984), British mathematician
Hannah Gadsby (born 1978), Australian comedian
Hannah Glasse (1708–1770), English cookbook writer
Hannah Gordon (born 1941), Scottish actress
Hannah Flagg Gould (1789–1864), American poet
Hannah Gross (born 1992), Canadian actress
Hannah Hart (born 1986), American internet personality, comedian, actress and author
Hannah Hauxwell (1926-2018), Yorkshire Dales farmer
Hannah Höch (1889–1978), German Dada artist
Hannah Hodson (born 1991), American actress, journalist
Hannah Ild (born 1981), Estonian singer
Hannah Jones , multiple people
Hannah Kallem (1865–1937), Norwegian-born American army nurse
Hannah T. King (1808–1886), British-American writer, pioneer
Hannah Lowe (born 1976), British writer
Hannah Lyman (1816–1871), American educator, biographer
Hannah Mancini (born 1980), American-Slovenian singer
Hannah Marks (born 1993), American actress, writer
Hannah Miley (born 1989), Scottish swimmer
Hannah More (1745–1833), English religious writer and philanthropist
Hannah Peel (born 1984), Northern Irish musician
Hannah Maynard Pickard (1812–1844), American school teacher, preceptress, author
Hannah Pingree (born 1976), majority leader and Speaker of the House in the
Maine House of Representatives
Hannah Pritchard (1711–1768), English actress
Hannah Reid (born 1989), English singer of London Grammar
Hannah Reynolds (soccer) (born 1998), American soccer player
Hannah Rigby (c.1794–1853), Australian convict
Hannah Robinson , British songwriter
Hannah Rueben (born 1994), Nigerian wrestler
Hannah Semer (1925–2003), Israeli journalist
Hannah Spearritt (born 1981), English singer and actress
Hannah Stockbauer (born 1982), German swimmer
Hannah Stocking (born 1992), American internet personality, comedian, model and actress
Hannah Storm (born 1962), American co-host of The Early Show
Hannah Stuelke (born c. 2004), American basketball player
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 Tyrrell (born 1990), Irish rugby player
Hannah Van Buren (1783–1819), wife of the 8th president of the US, Martin Van Buren
Hannah van der Westhuysen (born 1995), British actress
Hannah Vogt (1910–1994), German historian
Hannah Waddingham (born 1974), English actress
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 swimmer
Hannah Witton (born 1992), English YouTuber and writer
Hannah Wood (born 1983), American poet and actress
Hannah P. Yang , American cancer epidemiologist
Hannah , Australian pop singer
Biblical figures
Fictional characters
Hannah in
Arrival
Hannah Abbott , character in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
Hannah Asher, a character portrayed by
Jessy Schram in the medical drama
Chicago Med .
Hannah Phillips, Sid's younger sister in the 1995 3D computer-animated film
Toy Story .
Hannah Ashworth , character portrayed by Emma Rigby on the English soap opera
Hollyoaks
Hannah Baker , a character in the novel and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.
Hannah Fleishman, character in the book
Fleishman Is in Trouble and the
TV adaptation . She is portrayed in the TV series by Meara Mahoney Gross.
Hannah Grosse in
The Haunting of Bly Manor . She is portrayed by
T'Nia Miller .
Hannah Kahnwald,a character in the German Netflix series
Dark portrayed by
Maja Schöne and Ella Lee,respectively.
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
Hannah Swanson , character in the anime series
Glitter Force (originally named Hina Midorikawa)
Hannah Wells in
American Horror Story: NYC . She is portrayed by
Billie Lourd .
Hannah Whitehouse , co-protagonist of the Toei anime Futari wa Pretty Cure (originally named Honoka Yukishiro).
Hanna
People
Hanna Alström (born 1981), Swedish actress
Hanna Arsenych-Baran (1970–2021), Ukrainian writer of prose, novels and poetry
Hanna Barysiewicz (1888-2007), the oldest female resident of
Belarus not registered by the
Guinness Book of Records .
Hanna Borysivna Korsun, known professionally as
Maruv , is a Ukrainian singer
Hanna Brooman (1809–1887), Swedish composer, translator and educator
Hanna Fahl (born 1978), Swedish music journalist and translator
Hanna Granfelt (1884–1952), Finnish opera singer
Hanna Grönvall (1879–1953), Swedish politician
Hanna Hall (born 1984), American actress
Hanna Hammarström (1829–1909), Swedish inventor
Hanna Hermansson (born 1989), Swedish runner
Hanna Hipp , Polish lyric mezzo-soprano
Hanna Holborn Gray (born 1930), American historian and professor
Hanna Jaff (born 1986), American born Mexican-Kurd politician, philanthropist, human rights activist, and author
Hanna Jaltner (born 1976), Swedish breaststroke swimmer
Hanna Karasiova (born 1978), Belarusian archer
Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (born 1989), Israeli triple jumper and long jumper
Hanna Lindberg (1865–1951), Swedish politician, first woman on a communal council (1910)
Hanna Ljungberg (born 1979), Swedish soccer player
Hanna Marie Barker (born 1996), American soccer player
Hanna Maron (1923–2014), Israeli actress
Hanna Neumann (1914–1971), German-born mathematician
Hanna Newcombe (1922–2011), Canadian peace activist
Hanna Pakarinen (born 1981), Finnish pop singer
Hanna van Recklinghausen (1332–?), Dutch banker
Hanna von Pestalozza (1867-1963), German writer
Hanna Reitsch (1912–1979), German test pilot
Hanna Rieber (1927–2014), Romanian-born Israeli actress
Hanna Rovina (1892–1980), Israeli actress and original "First Lady of Hebrew Theatre"
Hanna Scheuring (born 1965), Swiss actress and theatre director
Hanna Schygulla (born 1943), German actress and singer
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington (1877–1946), Irish feminist, wife of
Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
Hanna Stadnik (1929–2020), Polish activist
Hanna Styrell (1842–1904), Swedish actress
Hanna Suchocka (born 1946), Prime Minister of Poland from 1992–1993
Hanna Wolf (1908–1999), East German historian and politician
Hanna Yablonska (1981–2011), Ukrainian playwright and poet
Saint and Blessed
Fictional characters
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