Hanna

Where Hanna comes from

Variant spelling of Hannah or romanization of Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ), chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oklahoman town, named for Hanna Bullett, one of the initial settlers. As a Polish village, named for the queen Anna Jagiellon.
— Wiktionary's entry for Hanna
  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #317 among girls — 25 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1943
    Hanna Schygulla born
    German actress and chanson singer
  3. 1946
    Hanna Suchocka born
    Polish political figure, Prime Minister of Poland
  4. 1998
    Peak, #165
    1,898 babies named Hanna — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #366.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Hannah.
Namesakes
  • Hanna Schygulla · German actress and chanson singer, born 1943
  • Hanna Suchocka · Polish political figure, Prime Minister of Poland, born 1946
  • Hanna Reitsch · German aviator, 1912–1979
  • Hanna Öberg · Swedish biathlete, born 1995
  • Hanna Pakarinen · Finnish pop and rock singer, born 1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.