Hebrew · Girl name
Hannah
“favour, grace”
About the name Hannah
Hannah comes from the Hebrew Channah, meaning favour or grace. In the First Book of Samuel, Hannah is a woman who prays at the shrine of Shiloh for a son, and when Samuel is born she dedicates him to God; her song of thanksgiving is echoed in the Magnificat of Mary. The name was taken up by English Puritans and has remained in use since. Hannah Arendt, the German-born political theorist, wrote The Origins of Totalitarianism. The name is a palindrome, reading the same in both directions. Anna is its Greek and Latin form, and Hanna is the usual spelling in German and Scandinavian.
- Meaning
- favour, grace
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- HAN-ah(2 syl.)
Middle names for Hannah
- Hannah Rose
- Hannah Grace
- Hannah Elizabeth
- Hannah Jane
- Hannah Louise
Questions about Hannah
- What does Hannah mean?
- Hannah is a Hebrew name meaning "favour, grace".
- How do you pronounce Hannah?
- Hannah is pronounced HAN-ah, with emphasis on the first syllable.
- What are variants of Hannah?
- Variants of Hannah include Hanna, Chana, Channah.
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