Hannah (name)

This article is about the female name of Aramaic and Hebrew origin. For the male Arabic name, see Hanna (Arabic name).
Hannah
Samuel Dedicated by Hannah at the Temple by Frank W.W. Topham
GenderFemale
LanguageHebrew, Arabic, Aramaic
Origin
MeaningFavour
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Hannah, also spelled Hanna, Hana, Hanah, or Chana, is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin (Hebrew: חַנָּה, romanized: Ḥannāh). 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 (Ἄννα).

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